Questionnaire on Statistical Background, Computer Use, Internet Experience
YOUR ANSWERS ARE CONFIDENTIAL
Demographics
1. What is your age? _______________
2. Are you male or female?_________________
3. What is your level of education?
___grade school
___some high school
___high school degree
___some college
___2-year college degree
___4-year college degree
___some postgraduate study (e.g., M.A., M.B.A., J.D., Ph.D., M.D., programs)
___postgraduate degree (e.g., M.A., M.B.A., J.D., Ph.D., M.D.)
Computer Experience
1. Do you use a computer at home, at work, or both?
(Check all that apply.)
___Home
___Work
___Somewhere else, such as school, library, etc.
2. If you have a computer at home,
a. What kind of modem do you use at home?
___Dial-up
___Cable
___DSL
___Wireless (Wi-Fi)
___Other __________
___Don’t know _____
b. Which browser do you typically use at home? Please indicate the version if you can recall it.
___Firefox
___Internet Explorer
___Netscape
___Other ___________
___Don’t know
c. What operating system does your home computer run in?
___MAC OS
___Windows 95
___Windows 2000
___Windows XP
___Windows Vista
___Other ___________
___Don’t know
3. On average, about how many hours do you spend on the Internet per day?
___0 hours
___1-3 hours
___4-6 hours
___7 or more hours
If you have a tablet PC like an iPad, how many hours do you use it per day?
____ Don’t have a tablet or iPad
___0 hours
___1-3 hours
___4-6 hours
___7 or more hours
5. Please rate your overall level of experience with the following:
Circle one number.
No experience Very experienced
Computers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Internet 1 2 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10
6. What computer applications do you use?
Mark (X) for all that apply
___E-mail
___Internet
___Word processing (MS-Word, WordPerfect, etc.)
___Spreadsheets (Excel, Lotus, Quattro, etc.)
___Accounting or tax software
___Engineering, scientific, or statistical software
___Other applications, please specify____________________________
For the following questions, please circle one number.
7. How comfortable are you in learning to navigate new Web sites? |
Not Comfortable Comfortable
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8. Computer windows can be minimized, resized, and scrolled through. How comfortable are you in manipulating a window?
9. How comfortable are you using, and navigating through the Internet?
10. How often do you work with any type of data through a computer?
11. How often do you perform complex analyses of data using a computer?
12. How often do you use the Internet or Web sites to find information? (e.g., printed reports, news articles, data tables, blogs, etc.)
13. How familiar are you with the Census (terms, data, etc.)? |
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
Never Very Often
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
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| File Type | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document |
| Author | Kathleen T. Ashenfelter |
| File Modified | 0000-00-00 |
| File Created | 2021-02-02 |