Microsoft Flight Avsim Demographics

[HiFlyer]

From the 2013 Demographics survey. I just thought it was interesting.  ^_^ 

 

 

11. Most of us own multiple simulators. But, we tend to favor one flight simulator over the others that reside on our hard

drives. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the most time you spend with a simulator, how do you rate your time on these sims?

If you do not own one or more of these sims, leave the matrix choice empty.

 

1 - Least Time 2 3 4 5 - Most Time

 

Number of

Respondents                 Least Time          2                        3                     4                Most Time  

 

Microsoft FS 2002       90% (688)        3% (29)            3% (27)           1% (9)            1% (9) 762

 

Microsoft FS 2004       43% (653)        11% (173)        8% (125)         7% (118)         29% (445) 1514

 

Microsoft FSX              8% (212)         3% (90)            4% (100)          5% (137)        78% (1916) 2455

 

Microsoft Flight           79% (621)        8% (64)            6% (48)           1% (12)          4% (39) 784

 

X-Plane 9 or earlier     86% (522)       7% (48)             3% (20)           1% (12)          0% (4) 606

 

X-Plane 10                    61% (469)       13% (102)         9% (73)            5% (44)         9% (73) 761

 

P3D                               55% (407)        11% (83)         10% (79)           7% (57)         14% (108) 734

 

Flight Gear                   91% (432)        6% (29)           1% (8)               0% (2)           0% (2) 473

 

AeroFly                         87% (410)         6% (28)           3% (18)             1% (5)           1% (5) 466

 

Rise of Flight                 79% (456)       9% (53)           6% (38)             3% (19)         1% (7) 573

 

FLY! (any)                     94% (448)         1% (9)             1% (7)               0% (3)           1% (5) 472

 

 

Number of Respondents 2697

 

Number of respondents who skipped this question 482

[HiFlyer]

Hmmm.... Seems this doesn't format well on portable devices.....

[LuisFelizTirado]

It looks good to me - Nook HD.

 

But, this doesn't really mean anything.

 

It's not a census of all users. Only Avsim members take part, and even then only a small subset of those who are aware of the poll and/or motivated enough to do so for whatever reasons.

 

Nor is it a partcularly representative sample of users. As most people know, poll sampling is a pretty exact science that ensures respondants represent a very wide and comprehensive diversity of people. Only thus can a poll truly reflect user opinion.

 

And even the phrasing of questions requires good knowledge of this science in order to avoid misleading responses.

 

On the other hand, Tom's polls are a good tradition that create a sense of community and can give some indication concerning tendancies in our hobby. Plus, they are often lots of fun!

 

Best regards.

Luis

[Air1]

I think a lot of us "old guys" didn't bother with surveys much. Get so many in the mail or phone all the time, I tend to let them slide. But interesting anyway.

 

Steve