End user evaluation

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End user questionnaire

Questionnaire about Opasnet

• Rate the following properties (1= really poor 5=very good)
  • Search functionalities
  • Easiness to find stuff
  • Easiness of use from technical point of view
  • Quality of content
  • Amount of content
  • Easiness to see whether some information is reliable (mature) or not (draft)
  • Overall potential of Opasnet to become a major source of environmental health information.
• Is it easy to navigate through the system if you start from the main page?
• Is it easy to navigate through the system if you start from a random page?

Questions about open assessment

• Rate the following properties (1= really poor 5=very good)
  • Clarity of objects and object structure
  • Potential of the idea of openness to actually work

Questions about the fish case

• What do you think of the results?
  • Reliability?
  • New information or insights?
• What do you think of the assessment?
  • Clarity?
  • Easiness to follow the logic?

Other questions

• Have use used any other wiki system
  • by reading contents and searching?
  • by contributing information?

Opasnet analytics

The statistics of user visits and contributions in Opasnet, Heande, and Beneris wiki are studied.

• Which pages are being used the most?
• Who are the main users (readers)?
• Who are the main contributors (contribution scores)?
• What is the impact of advertisement (of particular pages)?

Scope

How do the end users see the current status and future prospects of Opasnet? Specifically, the terms are used with these interpretations:

• End user: a person using Opasnet from one of the following groups:
  • researchers (producing scientific information),
  • [risk] assessors (producing assessments),
  • authorities (utilising assessments),
  • experts of an area related to Opasnet content,
  • NGO representatives and other activists,
  • general public and other interested individuals.
• Opasnet: a web workspace with the following parts or functionalities:
  • Opasnet wiki (a website for mass collaboration),
  • Opasnet Base (a database for data and results),
  • open assessment (a method for performing assessments on the Internet),
  • case studies (actual assessments),
  • information in variable and encyclopedia pages.
• Current status:
  • The appearance of the website.
  • The easiness to find information.
  • The amount of interesting content.
  • The quality of content.
  • The utility of the content for end user needs.
• Future prospects:
  • End user expectation that she will use Opasnet for her own needs.

Please answer the questions below by copy-pasting them into an email and sending to olli.leino(at)thl.fi.