Thanks, Steve. Exciting numbers. Your point about false positives reminds me about an extra source of false positives specifically with respect to the word "coworking." I would think people who have never heard the term as we're all using it would often just guess it means "working with co-workers" (i.e., with other people who are working on the same project) and answer with that interpretation. I've seen that more than a few times on user comments on internet-based articles about coworking. Do you have any indication about whether that's happening in the surveys?
Will On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 7:37:03 PM UTC+2, Steve King wrote: > > Just got the raw data back from a national survey of independent workers > (freelancers, consultants, temps, etc.). 2% (actually 1.7%) of the > respondents reported they worked in coworking facilities on a regular > basis. > > We've been asking about coworking facility use in our national surveys for > the last 2 years or so. This is the first time we got enough positive > responses to consider the number to be statistically greater than 0 (it's > just barely this time:)). > > It's likely many of these were false positives - people who said they > worked in coworking facilities but really don't. False survey positives > are common when a new trend is getting a lot of attention in the press. > > But from our perspective this is still exciting news (and yes, we're > easily excited). It's another strong signal that coworking is at a growth > inflection point. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/En3mI4uvnU4J. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
