1st Year Computing Usage Survey

From: Gregg A. Silvis (gsilvis@Law.USC.EDU)
Date: 09/28/93

(Cross-posted to teknoids and law-lib)

I thought that I would share with you the results of a survey that we did
of our incoming first year students.

         COMPUTING USAGE SURVEY
       Incoming First Year Students
                 
  Total number of responses: 207
  Total number of surveys distributed: 221
  Overall response rate: 94%
                 
  QUESTION #1
                 
  How often have you used a microcomputer during the past four years?
                 
  Never Seldom Often Continually
  3% 20% 48% 29%
                 
  
  QUESTION #2
                           
  What are your primary uses of microcomputers?
                           
  Word Processing Databases Games
  99% 19% 23%
                           
  Spreadsheets Telecomm. Desktop Pub.
  23% 11% 10%
                           
                           
  QUESTION #3
                           
  What software programs have you used?
                           
  Programs that were mentioned at least five times:
  
  Microsoft Word 122
  WordPerfect 119
  Excel 49
  Lotus 1-2-3 47
  Windows 20
  dBase 16
  PageMaker 15
  MacWrite 11
  Wordstar 11
  Paradox 5
                      
                      
  QUESTION #4
                      
  Do you own a microcomputer?
                      
  Yes No
  73% 27%
  
          If yes, is it:
  
          IBM/Compatible Macintosh
           62% 36%
                 
                 
  QUESTION #5
                 
  Do you own a modem?
                 
  Yes No
  30% 70%
        
         
          If yes, is it:
                 
          1200 baud 2400 baud 9600 baud 14,400 baud
          8% 32% 19% 13%
                 
  
                 
                 
  -- Gregg

Gregg A. Silvis
Computer Services/Systems Librarian
Law Library, University of Southern California
gsilvis@law.usc.edu

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