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 ====== Elixir Forum Survey 2018 Results ======
+This survey was conducted by Adolfo Neto, Fabio Negrini and Diego Paolo Tsutsumi from the Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR) in Brazil. We wanted to understand how software developers use the Elixir Forum. The respondents answered between [[https://elixirforum.com/t/survey-about-the-use-of-the-elixir-forum/18319|November 29th, 2018]] and December 6th, 2018.
+There were 134 responses.
+==== Gender ====
+^ Gender     ^ Quantity      ^ Percentage          ^
+| Male    | 129 | 96.3% |
+| Female  | 1 | 0.7% |
+| Other   | 2 | 1.5% |
+| Prefer not to say | 2 | 1.5% |
+==== Age ====
+^ Range     ^ Quantity      ^ Percentage          ^
+| <15 | 0 | 0% |
+| 15-19 | 2 | 1.5% |
+| 20-29 | 49 | 36.6% |
+| 30-39 | 54 | 40.3% |
+| 40-49 | 22 | 16.4% |
+| 50+ | 7 | 5.2% |
+Average age: 33.55 (considering last interval as 50-70)
+==== Country of residence ====
+{{ :2019:captura_de_tela_em_2019-03-14_16-32-51.png?direct |}}
+<file>
+                Frequency Percent Cum. percent
+United States          39    29.1         29.1
+Germany                13     9.7         38.8
+Poland                  8     6.0         44.8
+Canada                  7     5.2         50.0
+Brazil                  7     5.2         55.2
+United Kingdom          6     4.5         59.7
+France                  4     3.0         62.7
+Pakistan                3     2.2         64.9
+Netherlands             3     2.2         67.2
+Australia               3     2.2         69.4
+Switzerland             2     1.5         70.9
+Spain                   2     1.5         72.4
+Russia                  2     1.5         73.9
+Portugal                2     1.5         75.4
+Japan                   2     1.5         76.9
+Italy                   2     1.5         78.4
+India                   2     1.5         79.9
+Denmark                 2     1.5         81.3
+Colombia                2     1.5         82.8
+Austria                 2     1.5         84.3
+Ukraine                 1     0.7         85.1
+The Netherlands         1     0.7         85.8
+Thailand                1     0.7         86.6
+South Africa            1     0.7         87.3
+Serbia                  1     0.7         88.1
+Romania                 1     0.7         88.8
+Philippinnes            1     0.7         89.6
+Kenya                   1     0.7         90.3
+Ireland                 1     0.7         91.0
+Iran                    1     0.7         91.8
+Hong Kong               1     0.7         92.5
+Honduras                1     0.7         93.3
+Greece                  1     0.7         94.0
+Ghana                   1     0.7         94.8
+Finland                 1     0.7         95.5
+F.Y.R.O.M               1     0.7         96.3
+Czech Republic          1     0.7         97.0
+China                   1     0.7         97.8
+Cambodia                1     0.7         98.5
+Bulgaria                1     0.7         99.3
+Bolivia                 1     0.7        100.0
+</file>
+==== Mutiple choice questions ====
+=== Do you develop software using Elixir (leave blank if you don't develop software using Elixir)? ===
+Respondents could choose zero or more options.
+^ Answer  ^ Quantity ^ percentage ^
+| Yes, professionally | 96 | 72.2% |
+| Yes, in academic projects | 8 | 6% |
+| Yes, non-professionally -- e.g. pet projects, tinkering, … | 77 | 57.9% |
+| Yes, I contribute to one or more open source projects (irrespective of size) | 48 | 36.1% |
+responses.
+{{ :2019:captura_de_tela_em_2019-03-14_17-06-24.png?direct |}}
+==== How often do you use Elixir Forum? ====
+^ Answer ^ Quantity ^ Percentage ^
+| Several times a day | 51 | 38.1% |
+| About once a day | 39 | 29.1% |
+| 2-3 times a week  | 34 | 25.4% |
+| About once a week | 6 | 4.5% |
+| Less than once a week | 4 | 3% |
+responses
+{{ :2019:howoften.png?direct |}}
+==== Likert-scale questions ====
+Respondents could choose between five options ranging from "Strongly Disagree" to "Strongly Agree".
+  * Q1 Elixir Forum helps me keep up to date about new tools such as packages and IDE's.
+  * Q2 Elixir Forum helps me stay aware of new practices and methods in Elixir language
+  * Q3 Elixir Forum helps me extend my knowledge by exposing me to technologies and practices I should learn in the Elixir language
+  * Q4 Elixir Forum has helped me become a better Elixir developer.
+  * Q5 Elixir Forum helps me learn about things I wasn't actively looking for
+  * Q6 Elixir Forum helps me promote projects and technologies I work with
+  * Q7 Elixir Forum helps me discover interesting Elixir developers
+  * Q8 Elixir Forum helps me do business networking
+  * Q9 Elixir Forum helps me receive validation from others for my work
+  * Q10 Elixir Forum helps me build community around projects I contribute to
+  * Q11 Elixir Forum helps me give and get feedback about projects I work with
+  * Q12 Elixir Forum helps me manage my own image as a developer
+  * Q13 Elixir Forum helps me build trust or rapport with other developers
+  * Q14 I find it hard to cope with the amount of information I receive on Elixir Forum.
+  * Q15 It is easy to browse Topics I'm interested in
+  * Q16 Topics threads and replies are well organized
+  * Q17 Discussions are often too long and hard to keep up with
+  * Q18 Elixir Forum is fine for short discussions
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+==== Multiple choice questions ====
+== Which other site(s) do you access to get more information about Elixir or software development in general? ==
+responses to this question, which was optional and multiple choice.
+Options that appeared on the form:
+  * StackOverflow
+  * Reddit
+  * Elixir on Slack
+  * Elixir on Discord
+  * #elixir-lang on freenode IRC
+{{:2019:screenshot_2019-07-07_16-25-57.png|Results}}
+== Any questions, comments or concerns you'd like to tell us about? ==
+  * On some questions an answer option 'cannot rate' would be an improvement.
+  * I interact with the "forum" almost entirely through email so some of these questions don't apply at all.
+  * The biggest factor for the forum in my point of view, is the extended discussions and posts that many times go into even other directions than elixir
+  * Good luck with your survey :)
+  * Cheers!
+  * I mainly use the forum to solve problems I encounter.
+  * Thank you!
+  * The elixir forum is the most friendly developer community I've come across.
+  * Why are you doing this research?
+  * Nope.
+  * Great job compiling this form. Looking forward to the results!