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SURVEY RESULTS Howdy, Folks! Here are the first results from the Survey so many of you kindly filled out. In fact, 112 of you completed the survey. Now, not everyone answered every question and some of you provided multiple answers. All that is fine with me, makes the information richer IMHO. The number in parenthesis in front of the question is the number of responses for that question. The number of responses for each part is given and in parenthesis is the percentage of the 112 respondents. Therefore, do not expect the percentages to add up to 100 percent. Some are over and some are under. Also, I have rounded the percentages to the nearest whole. The stories and explanations are not included here. Sorry...you will just have to read the chapters in the dissertation. But, you are lucky, because I will be posting them here. Have fun! Holly
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SURVEY
I. DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
(112) 2. Nickname used on AGM:
47 use nicknames (42)
(109) 3. Address:
USA 60 (54) from 27 states
UK 17 (15)
Canada 14 (13) from 5 provinces
Other 18 (16) from 12 countries
(111) 5. Age
Under 12 1 ( 1)
13-16 4 ( 4)
17-18 2 ( 2)
19-21 11 (10)
22-25 20 (18)
26-30 16 (14)
31-35 10 ( 9)
36-40 14 (13)
41-50 24 (21)
51-60 4 ( 4)
61-70 4 ( 4)
71 and older 1 ( 1)
(112) 6. Gender
Male 48 (43)
Female 64 (57)
(111) 7. Please indicate the highest level of education
completed. (Because of US-centered knowledge, this
was more difficult than expected.)
5 ( 4) Grammar School
9 ( 8) High School
3 ( 3) Vocational/Technical School
30 (27) Some College
41 (37) College Graduate
19 (17) Master's Degree
2 ( 2) Doctoral Degree
2 ( 2) Professional Degree
(116) 8. Which classification best describes your primary
occupation? (Some of you have more than one primary
occupation! And I left out some classifications.)
31 (28) Student
4 ( 4) Retired
0 ( 0) Unemployed
21 (19) Education
9 ( 8) Service
0 ( 0) Publishing
0 ( 0) Manufacturing
11 (10) Government, non-military
0 ( 0) Military
6 ( 5) Sales
7 ( 6) Arts/Creative
14 (13) Computer related
2 ( 2) Volunteer
2 ( 2) Research
II. COMPUTER SYSTEM INFORMATION
(111) 9. How many personal computers do you own?
13 (12) None
66 (59) 1 computer
21 (19) 2 computers
11 (10) 3 or more computers
(129) 10. What is the primary computer hardware you use?
80 (71) PC
26 (23) Macintosh
10 ( 8) Sun
7 ( 6) Terminal
2 ( 2) Don't Know
2 ( 2) IBM ES9000
2 ( 2) Silicon Graphics Indy
(141) 11. What is the primary operating system you use?
(Very embarrassed that I left out the Mac OS....)
24 (21) DOS
17 (15) Mac OS
23 (21) Unix
1 ( 1) VMS
45 (40) Windows
2 ( 2) Windows NT
18 (16) Windows 95
7 ( 6) Don't Know
4 ( 4) Other
(130) 12. Where is the computer system you use to access AGM?
74 (66) Home
25 (22) School
27 (24) Work
1 ( 1) Friends
1 ( 1) Home/office
2 ( 2) Portable
(120) 13. What is the nature of your primary Internet
access provider?
20 (18) Major Online Service (e.g., Prodigy,
Compuserve, AOL, etc.)
36 (32) Local Internet Access Provider
(e.g., Freenet, BBS, etc.)
42 (38) Educational
13 (12) Commercial
2 ( 2) Government
0 ( 0) Military
7 ( 6) Organization
III. COMPUTER USAGE INFOMATION
(109) 14. How many hours per week do you use your computer
for work?
28 (25) Under 5 hours
18 (16) 6 to 10 hours
14 (13) 11 to 20 hours
16 (14) 21 to 30 hours
17 (15) 31 to 40 hours
11 (10) 41 to 50 hours
5 ( 4) Over 50 hours
(111) 15. How many hours per week do you use your
computer for fun/play?
21 (19) Under 5 hours
28 (25) 6 to 10 hours
29 (26) 11 to 20 hours
19 (17) 21 to 30 hours
6 ( 5) 31 to 40 hours
3 ( 3) 41 to 50 hours
5 ( 4) Over 50 hours
(109) 16. How many computer accounts do you have?
56 (50) 1 account
26 (23) 2 accounts
13 (12) 3 accounts
14 (13) 4 or more accounts
(111) 17. Do you post from your own account?
108 (96) Yes
2 ( 2) No, I use a relative's account
1 ( 1) No, I use a work account
(110) 18. How long have you been on the Internet?
5 ( 4) Less than 6 months
20 (18) 6 to 12 months
65 (58) 1 to 3 years
12 (11) 4 to 6 years
8 ( 7) 6 years or more
(151) 19. What is your primary use of the Internet?
15 (13) Research
55 (49) Entertainment
65 (58) Communication
2 ( 2) Sales/Marketing/Public Relations
14 (13) Education
(123) 20. What is your most-used Internet application?
67 (60) E-Mail
13 (12) WWW
20 (18) Newsgroups
2 ( 2) IRC
18 (16) Telnet
1 ( 1) Ftp
1 ( 1) Gopher
1 ( 1) WinWorlds
(116) 21. What is your second most-used Internet application?
27 (24) E-Mail
23 (21) WWW
44 (39) Newsgroups
17 (15) Telnet
3 ( 3) Ftp
2 ( 2) Gopher
(112) 22. Do you have a web home page?
43 (38) Yes
IV. ALT.GOOD.MORNING INFORMATION
(111) 25. How often do you read AGM?
68 (60) Daily
15 (13) Weekly
18 (16) Occasionally
1 ( 1) Seldom
2 ( 2) Every couple of days
2 ( 2) Seldom or Daily, no middle ground
4 ( 4) Used to be daily, now it's occasionally
due to work
1 ( 1) Whenever the system's up and I can get on
(109) 26. How would you classify your posting habits on AGM?
0 ( 0) Heavy
28 (25) Regular
69 (62) Occasional
1 ( 1) Never
1 ( 1) Occasional or heavy, no middle ground
2 ( 2) Used to be regular, now it's occasionally
due to work
2 ( 2) Rarely
3 ( 3) Erratic or variable
1 ( 1) Once every couple of weeks
1 ( 1) Not as often as I'd like
(122) 27. How would you classify your affiliation to AGM?
33 (29) Oldbie
13 (12) Newbie
57 (51) AGMer
16 (14) Lurker
1 ( 1) Nuts
1 ( 1) Not sure
1 ( 1) Oldbie lurker, forced to read by my parent
(464) 30. How do you communicate with AGMers? Mark all that apply.
104 (93) Post on AGM
67 (60) Talker
105 (94) Email
59 (53) Snail mail
62 (55) Telephone
61 (54) Face to face
3 ( 3) Spiritually
1 ( 1) I live with some
1 ( 1) Silly questionnaires
1 ( 1) Talk address
(112) 31. Do you talk about AGM to other AGMers?
88 (79) Yes
(112) 32. Do you talk about AGM to others outside of AGM?
83 (74) Yes
3 ( 3) Occasionally
(112) 33. Has AGM affected your life? If so, do you consider
these changes for the better?
81 (72) Yes, yes
1 ( 1) Yes, no
(112) 34. Have you ever been to an AGM irl meeting?
49 (43) Yes
(238) 35. How do you keep up with the volume of posts on AGM?
55 (49) Read daily
58 (52) Read selected threads
55 (49) Read selected people
23 (21) Download and read offline
10 ( 9) Killfiles
17 (15) Use the catchup key
7 ( 6) This is not a high volume newsgroup
2 ( 2) Can't keep up
3 ( 3) Read when I have the chance
2 ( 2) Don't read the followups
1 ( 1) Don't read that often, so I talk to people a lot
1 ( 1) Speedread
1 ( 1) Enjoy the volume
1 ( 1) Read once in a while
1 ( 1) Read selected posts
(112) 36. Do you consider yourself addicted to AGM?
44 (39) Yes
9 ( 8) Used to be
4 ( 4) Important
1 ( 1) Somewhat
(112) 37. Do you consider yourself addicted to newsgroups?
10 ( 9) Yes
2 ( 2) Maybe
1 ( 1) Some of them
1 ( 1) Not as much
(112) 38. Do you consider yourself addicted to IRC (chat or talker)?
17 (15) Yes
9 ( 8) Talker
3 ( 3) Used to be
1 ( 1) IRC
1 ( 1) Important
(112) 41. Have you ever crossposted, spammed, or flamed
any newsgroup?
5 Crossposted
2 Flamed
1 Hot Debate
1 Yes
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(112) 42. Have you ever spammed or flamed any individual?
10 Yes
7 Flamed
1 Irritated and sarcastic remarks
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(112) 43. Have you read "Rules for posting to Usenet?"
50 (45) Yes
6 ( 5) Probably
(112) 48. Have you ever been harassed on-line,
via email, or via talker?
26 (23) Yes, female
20 (18) Yes, male
Back to Contents Holly Patterson, September 1996. Comments to Author: hollyp@falcon.tamucc.edu http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/~hollyp Copyright © 1996, Holly Patterson |
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