16. 品質に関する調査
質的には、同等か、それほど見劣りしない程度(正確性・網羅性)
Nature (2005) Encyclopaedia Britannica との比較 自然科学系
The Independent (2006) 多分野
Rosenzweig(2006) 複数の百科事典と比較;歴史分野
Chesney (2006) 多分野
Rector(2008) 複数の百科事典と比較;歴史分野
Clauson et al. (2008) 専門的リファレンスと比較;医薬品分野
※Clauson et al. のみ、網羅性に大きな差を指摘。
ドイツの比較調査でも、ドイツ語版の質についてほぼ同等の結果
Chesney (2006). An empirical examination of Wikipedia’s credibility. First Monday, v.11, n.11 URL:
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_11/chesney/index.html
Giles (2005) Special Report: Internet encyclopaedias go head to head, Nature, v.438, pp.900-901 (15 December 2005)
Hickman , Martin and Roberts, Geneviève (2006). Wikipedia under the microscope over accuracy. The Independent, February 13, 2006
Rector(2008). Comparison of Wikipedia and other encyclopedias for accuracy, breadth, and depth in historical articles” Reference Services
Review v.36 n.1 pp.7-22.
Rosenzweig, Roy (2006). Can history be open source? Wikipedia and the future of the past. The Journal of American History, v.93, n.1
pp.117-46. URL: http://chnm.gmu.edu/resources/essays/d/42
Clauson K.A., Polen H.H., Kamel Boulos M.N., Dzenowagis J.H. (2008). "Scope, completeness, and accuracy of drug Iinformation in Wikipedia"
The Annales of Pharmacotherapy 42(12) pp.1814-21