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Evaluation Fairness & Representation Perceptions Survey for Developers

Measures software developers' perceptions of fairness, bias, and representativeness in their evaluation practices. Ideal for engineering leadership and DEI teams seeking to identify gaps in evaluation methodology and build more inclusive processes.

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28 questions · ~4 min
Q01
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Welcome! This survey explores your experiences and perspectives on fairness, bias, and representativeness in software and model evaluations. Your participation is completely voluntary and you may stop at any time. All responses are anonymous and will be reported only in aggregate. There are no right or wrong answers — we are interested in your honest opinions. Estimated time: 8–10 minutes.

Q02
Multiple Choice

Which best describes your primary development focus?

Q03
Multiple Choice

Which evaluation method did you rely on most in the last 6 months?

Q04
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How important is fairness in your evaluation decisions?

Q05
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How concerned are you that unrepresentative samples may have affected your evaluation results in the last 12 months?

Q06
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If you faced any trade-offs between accuracy, speed, and fairness in recent evaluations, please briefly describe them.

Q07
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How many years of professional development experience do you have?

Q08
Long Text

Thank you for completing the survey! Your responses are anonymous and will be used in aggregate to improve evaluation practices. We appreciate your time.

Q09
Multiple Choice

Have you been involved in evaluating software, systems, or models in the last 12 months?

Q10
Multiple Choice

In your recent evaluations, did you consider sensitive attributes (e.g., gender, ethnicity, income)?

Q11
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To what extent do you agree: Our evaluation criteria are applied consistently across different user groups.

Q12
Multiple Choice

Which sampling strategy did you use most often in the last 12 months?

Q13
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Based on your responses in this survey, what would most improve fairness and representativeness in your evaluations?

Q14
Multiple Choice

What is your current seniority level?

Q15
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In a typical month, approximately how much of your time is spent on evaluation activities?

Q16
Multiple Choice

Which safeguard was most important when handling sensitive attributes in your evaluations?

Q17
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To what extent do you agree: I have adequate tools and methods to detect bias in evaluation outcomes.

Q18
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Rank the following segments by priority for coverage in your evaluations (top = highest priority).

Q19
AI Interview

We'd like to explore your thoughts on fairness and representativeness in evaluations a bit further. Please share your perspective and our AI moderator will ask a couple of follow-up questions.

Q20
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Which region do you primarily work in?

Q21
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To what extent do you agree: Stakeholders from diverse backgrounds are involved in designing our evaluations.

Q22
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Approximately what minimum sample size do you typically need to trust a feature-level evaluation decision?

Q23
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Approximately how many employees are in your organization?

Q24
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To what extent do you agree: Fairness considerations sometimes conflict with other priorities such as speed or cost.

Q25
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How confident are you that your evaluations fairly represent real-world use?

Q26
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How many people are on the team you primarily work with?

Q27
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In one or two sentences, how do you define a "fair" evaluation?

Q28
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What is your primary industry or domain?

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