****************************************************************************** Source: The Graphics, Visualization, & Usability (GVU) Center Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0280 Copyright 1996 (Please refer to notice below) Georgia Tech Research Corporation Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0415 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED E-mail: www-survey@cc.gatech.edu Legend: Each question is one column in the dataset (except for checkbox questions which have multiple columns). The first row in the datasets is the header, and contains a code that represents each question. We call this code the 'FIELD NAME' (see below example). Another set of codes is used to represent the set of possible response choices. These response choices correspond to the value of the HTML Form. each row after the header represents one user's responses. Each user id assigned a unique id that is located in the 'who' field. Below is an example from the general.cb file. FIELD NAME: "inet_years" "inet_years" QUESTION: "How long have you been on the Internet (including using email, gopher, ftp, etc.)?" QUESTION TYPE: "radio" CODE & ANSWER: "under6" "Less than 6 months" CODE & ANSWER: "6_to_12" "6 to 12 months" CODE & ANSWER: "1_to_3" "1 to 3 years" CODE & ANSWER: "4_to_6" "4 to 6 years" CODE & ANSWER: "over_7" "7 years or more" DELIMITER: @@@ This indicates that the field name for the question is "inet_years", which was asked via a radio button. The response code "under6" corresponds to the "Less than 6 months" text (which is what the respondents who took the survey saw next to the radio button). If you have any questions about HTML encodings, please view the source code from the 'Questions' pages . Checkbox questions are encoded differently. Each response choice is a separate column in the dataset. The response code is appended to the field name with a '.' in between. A '1' is assigned if the user selected this response, otherwise a '0' is assigned. For example, the below question: "entry" "entry" "How did you find out about the GVU's Fifth WWW User Survey? \nPlease check all that apply." "checkbox" "page" "Followed URL from another Web page" "nntp" "Saw postings to WWW related newsgroups" "mail" "Received email from www-surveying mailing list" "friend" "Was told URL by friend" "magazine" "Read about it in a magazine" "paper" "Read about it in a newspaper" "memory" "Remembered to participate from last survey" "other" "Other Sources" @@@ results in the following field names: entry.page entry.nntp entry.mail entry.friend ... ****************************************************************************** Copyright 1996 Georgia Tech Research Corporation Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0415 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED This material may be modified, copied and redistributed, both within the recipient's organization and externally, subject to the following restrictions: (a) The recipient may not derive any income financial or monetary gain through the use of the information provided herein which is the property of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (herein "GTRC"); (b) In any material based on this information, the recipient agrees to acknowledge GTRC and the GVU Center; (c) Any copies made of this material must be accompanied by the following copyright notice: "Copyright 1996 Georgia Tech Research Corporation. 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No oral or written information or advice given by GTRC, its dealers, distributors, agents, affiliates, developers, directors, officers or employees shall create a warranty or in any way increase the scope of this warranty. ****************************************************************************** "num_authored" "num_authored" "Please estimate the number of documents you have authored using Web publishing software \ne.g. HotMetal, PageMill, FrontPage, etc." "radio" "none" "None " "1to10" "1 to 10 documents " "11to50" "11 to 50 documents " "51to100" "51 to 100 documents " "over100" "101 documents or more " @@@ "num_direct" "num_direct" "Please estimate the number of documents you have authored directly editing HTML - \nthat is, creating by hand editing the entire HTML source file." "radio" "none" "None " "1to10" "1 to 10 documents " "11to50" "11 to 50 documents " "51to100" "51 to 100 documents " "over100" "101 documents or more " @@@ "programming_years" "programming_years" "How many years of computer programming experience do you have, if any? " "radio" "none" "None " "1_to_3" "1 to 3 years" "4_to_6" "4 to 6 years" "7_to_12" "7 to 12 years " "over_12" "13 years or more" @@@ "java_now" "java_now" "Have you programmed in Java?" "radio" "yes" "Yes" "no" "No" @@@ "sources" "sources" "In learning HTML, what sources of information did you use? \n(Please check all that apply.)" "checkbox" "guru" "Local HTML Guru " "friends" "Friends " "online" "Online Sources " "books" "WWW/HTML Books " "tutorial" "HTML Tutorial/Class" "other" "Other " @@@ "hours_learning" "hours_learning" "How many hours did you spend learning the basics of HTML?" "radio" "1_to_3" "1 to 3 hours " "4_to_6" "4 to 6 hours " "7_to_12" "7 to 12 hours " "over_12" "Over 12 hours" "na" "Never Learned HTML" @@@ "topics" "topics" "Which of the following topics have you authored documents on? \n(Please check all that apply.)" "checkbox" "bio" "Personal Info " "work" "Work/Organization Info " "resrch" "Research/Papers/Reports " "enmt" "Entertainment " "art" "Art " "sport" "Sports " "product" "Products " "pointers" "Meta-Indexes " "news" "Current Events/News " "conferences" "Conference Announcements " "ads" "Product Ads/Catalogues " "other" "Other" @@@ "u" "u" "Which of the following types of links/URLs do your documents contain? \n(Please check all that apply)" "checkbox" "links" "Links to other Web documents " "ftplinks" "Links to FTP sites " "gopherlinks" "Links to Gopher sites " "plugin" "Plug-in Applications " "java" "Java/Javascript " "ismaps" "Image Maps " "cgi" "Forms/CGI Scripts " "images" "Images " "movies" "Movies " "sounds" "Sounds " "vrml" "VRML " "other" "Other" @@@ "language" "language" "Which language do you most frequently program CGI scripts in?" "radio" "apple" "Apple Script" "c" "C" "c++" "C++" "java" "Java" "ole" "OLE/DCE" "perl" "Perl" "python" "Python" "shell" "sh/ksh/csh/favorite shell" "visual" "Visual Basic" "none" "Not applicable" "other" "Other" @@@ "forms" "forms" "Overall, learning to enbed HTML forms was:" "list" "Not Answered - 1 to 9 " "1 -- Easy " "2 " "3 " "4 " "5 -- Moderate " "6 " "7 " "8 " "9 -- Hard" @@@ "ismap" "ismap" "Overall, learning image maps was:" "list" "Not Answered - 1 to 9 " "1 -- Easy " "2 " "3 " "4 " "5 -- Moderate " "6 " "7 " "8 " "9 -- Hard" @@@ "cgi" "cgi" "Overall, learning to write CGI scripts was:" "list" "Not Answered - 1 to 9 " "1 -- Easy " "2 " "3 " "4 " "5 -- Moderate " "6 " "7 " "8 " "9 -- Hard" @@@ "overall_learning" "overall_learning" "Overall, learning HTML was:" "list" "Not Answered - 1 to 9 " "1 -- Easy " "2 " "3 " "4 " "5 -- Moderate " "6 " "7 " "8 " "9 -- Hard" @@@ "java_utility" "java_utility" "What do you consider to be the major advantages to programming in Java for Web applications? \n(Please check all that apply)" "checkbox" "platform" "Platform independent " "security" "Provides a measure of security " "cgi" "Doesn't require special permission (e.g. unlike CGI) " "shock" "Better/easier than Shockwave " "interactive" "Better interactivity " "hyper" "Everyone else is doing it " "bull" "There are no advantages to programming in Java " "other" "Other/Do not know " @@@ "java_future" "java_future" "In the next 12 months, do you plan to program in Java?" "radio" "yes" "Yes" "no" "No" "dont" "Do not know" @@@ "java_security" "java_security" "What is your opinion of the security of Java as a network programming language?" "radio" "vsecure" "Very secure" "secure" "Somewhat secure" "nsecure" " Somewhat insecure" "nvsecure" " Very insecure" "na" " Do not know" @@@ "java_knowledge" "java_knowledge" "How knowledgeable are you about Java's security measures?" "radio" "na" "Not at all" "little" "A little (e.g. could list some of them) " "mod" "Moderately (e.g. have read the white paper) " "very" "Very (e.g. have a thorough understanding of flaws recently found) " "expert" "Expert (e.g. have written code to test them) " @@@ "java_value" "java_value" "Overall, the real value-added of Java to the Web is ..." "radio" "fluff" "Fluff - provides no real value-added" "aesthetic" "Aesthetic - makes things prettier" "functional" " Functional - enables advanced functionality" "revolution" " Revolutionary - fundamentally changes the Web" "na" " Do not know" @@@