GVU's Tenth WWW User Survey Graphs

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Ought to be able to Assume Different Aliases/Roles on the Internet

Ought to be able to Assume Different Aliases/Roles on the Internet

Ought to be able to Assume Different Aliases/Roles on the Internet

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Agree Strongly 473 31.9 31.9 31.9
Agree Somewhat 399 26.9 26.9 58.8
Neither Agree or Disagree 328 22.1 22.1 81.0
Disagree Somewhat 101 6.8 6.8 87.8
Disagree Strongly 77 5.2 5.2 93.0
No Opinion 104 7.0 7.0 100.0
Total 1482 100.0 100.0

Ought to be able to Assume Different Aliases/Roles on the Internet

Ought to be able to Assume Different Aliases/Roles on the Internet
Location Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Agree Strongly 11 45.8 45.8 45.8
Agree Somewhat 4 16.7 16.7 62.5
Neither Agree or Disagree 4 16.7 16.7 79.2
Disagree Somewhat 1 4.2 4.2 83.3
Disagree Strongly 1 4.2 4.2 87.5
No Opinion 3 12.5 12.5 100.0
Total 24 100.0 100.0
USA Valid Agree Strongly 382 31.2 31.2 31.2
Agree Somewhat 325 26.6 26.6 57.8
Neither Agree or Disagree 270 22.1 22.1 79.9
Disagree Somewhat 91 7.4 7.4 87.3
Disagree Strongly 67 5.5 5.5 92.8
No Opinion 88 7.2 7.2 100.0
Total 1223 100.0 100.0
Europe Valid Agree Strongly 40 31.3 31.3 31.3
Agree Somewhat 41 32.0 32.0 63.3
Neither Agree or Disagree 30 23.4 23.4 86.7
Disagree Somewhat 5 3.9 3.9 90.6
Disagree Strongly 5 3.9 3.9 94.5
No Opinion 7 5.5 5.5 100.0
Total 128 100.0 100.0
Other Valid Agree Strongly 40 37.4 37.4 37.4
Agree Somewhat 29 27.1 27.1 64.5
Neither Agree or Disagree 24 22.4 22.4 86.9
Disagree Somewhat 4 3.7 3.7 90.7
Disagree Strongly 4 3.7 3.7 94.4
No Opinion 6 5.6 5.6 100.0
Total 107 100.0 100.0

Ought to be able to Assume Different Aliases/Roles on the Internet

Ought to be able to Assume Different Aliases/Roles on the Internet
Gender Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Agree Strongly 11 45.8 45.8 45.8
Agree Somewhat 4 16.7 16.7 62.5
Neither Agree or Disagree 4 16.7 16.7 79.2
Disagree Somewhat 1 4.2 4.2 83.3
Disagree Strongly 1 4.2 4.2 87.5
No Opinion 3 12.5 12.5 100.0
Total 24 100.0 100.0
Female Valid Agree Strongly 123 26.9 26.9 26.9
Agree Somewhat 109 23.9 23.9 50.8
Neither Agree or Disagree 115 25.2 25.2 75.9
Disagree Somewhat 27 5.9 5.9 81.8
Disagree Strongly 34 7.4 7.4 89.3
No Opinion 49 10.7 10.7 100.0
Total 457 100.0 100.0
Male Valid Agree Strongly 339 33.9 33.9 33.9
Agree Somewhat 286 28.6 28.6 62.4
Neither Agree or Disagree 209 20.9 20.9 83.3
Disagree Somewhat 73 7.3 7.3 90.6
Disagree Strongly 42 4.2 4.2 94.8
No Opinion 52 5.2 5.2 100.0
Total 1001 100.0 100.0

Ought to be able to Assume Different Aliases/Roles on the Internet

Ought to be able to Assume Different Aliases/Roles on the Internet
Age Groups Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Agree Strongly 20 38.5 38.5 38.5
Agree Somewhat 13 25.0 25.0 63.5
Neither Agree or Disagree 13 25.0 25.0 88.5
Disagree Somewhat 1 1.9 1.9 90.4
Disagree Strongly 2 3.8 3.8 94.2
No Opinion 3 5.8 5.8 100.0
Total 52 100.0 100.0
11-20 Valid Agree Strongly 28 35.4 35.4 35.4
Agree Somewhat 25 31.6 31.6 67.1
Neither Agree or Disagree 15 19.0 19.0 86.1
Disagree Somewhat 3 3.8 3.8 89.9
Disagree Strongly 2 2.5 2.5 92.4
No Opinion 6 7.6 7.6 100.0
Total 79 100.0 100.0
21-25 Valid Agree Strongly 63 34.4 34.4 34.4
Agree Somewhat 63 34.4 34.4 68.9
Neither Agree or Disagree 35 19.1 19.1 88.0
Disagree Somewhat 7 3.8 3.8 91.8
Disagree Strongly 7 3.8 3.8 95.6
No Opinion 8 4.4 4.4 100.0
Total 183 100.0 100.0
26-50 Valid Agree Strongly 302 33.7 33.7 33.7
Agree Somewhat 254 28.4 28.4 62.1
Neither Agree or Disagree 193 21.6 21.6 83.7
Disagree Somewhat 60 6.7 6.7 90.4
Disagree Strongly 37 4.1 4.1 94.5
No Opinion 49 5.5 5.5 100.0
Total 895 100.0 100.0
50+ Valid Agree Strongly 60 22.0 22.0 22.0
Agree Somewhat 44 16.1 16.1 38.1
Neither Agree or Disagree 72 26.4 26.4 64.5
Disagree Somewhat 30 11.0 11.0 75.5
Disagree Strongly 29 10.6 10.6 86.1
No Opinion 38 13.9 13.9 100.0
Total 273 100.0 100.0

Ought to be able to Assume Different Aliases/Roles on the Internet

Ought to be able to Assume Different Aliases/Roles on the Internet
Experience Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Agree Strongly 11 45.8 45.8 45.8
Agree Somewhat 4 16.7 16.7 62.5
Neither Agree or Disagree 4 16.7 16.7 79.2
Disagree Somewhat 1 4.2 4.2 83.3
Disagree Strongly 1 4.2 4.2 87.5
No Opinion 3 12.5 12.5 100.0
Total 24 100.0 100.0
<1 Year Valid Agree Strongly 42 21.6 21.6 21.6
Agree Somewhat 37 19.1 19.1 40.7
Neither Agree or Disagree 46 23.7 23.7 64.4
Disagree Somewhat 17 8.8 8.8 73.2
Disagree Strongly 19 9.8 9.8 83.0
No Opinion 33 17.0 17.0 100.0
Total 194 100.0 100.0
1-3 Years Valid Agree Strongly 115 25.8 25.8 25.8
Agree Somewhat 126 28.3 28.3 54.0
Neither Agree or Disagree 108 24.2 24.2 78.3
Disagree Somewhat 38 8.5 8.5 86.8
Disagree Strongly 26 5.8 5.8 92.6
No Opinion 33 7.4 7.4 100.0
Total 446 100.0 100.0
>4 Years Valid Agree Strongly 305 37.3 37.3 37.3
Agree Somewhat 232 28.4 28.4 65.6
Neither Agree or Disagree 170 20.8 20.8 86.4
Disagree Somewhat 45 5.5 5.5 91.9
Disagree Strongly 31 3.8 3.8 95.7
No Opinion 35 4.3 4.3 100.0
Total 818 100.0 100.0

Ought to be able to Assume Different Aliases/Roles on the Internet

Ought to be able to Assume Different Aliases/Roles on the Internet
Skill Level Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Agree Strongly 11 45.8 45.8 45.8
Agree Somewhat 4 16.7 16.7 62.5
Neither Agree or Disagree 4 16.7 16.7 79.2
Disagree Somewhat 1 4.2 4.2 83.3
Disagree Strongly 1 4.2 4.2 87.5
No Opinion 3 12.5 12.5 100.0
Total 24 100.0 100.0
Novice Valid Agree Strongly 36 18.0 18.0 18.0
Agree Somewhat 28 14.0 14.0 32.0
Neither Agree or Disagree 63 31.5 31.5 63.5
Disagree Somewhat 23 11.5 11.5 75.0
Disagree Strongly 19 9.5 9.5 84.5
No Opinion 31 15.5 15.5 100.0
Total 200 100.0 100.0
Intermediate Valid Agree Strongly 107 26.0 26.0 26.0
Agree Somewhat 115 27.9 27.9 53.9
Neither Agree or Disagree 88 21.4 21.4 75.2
Disagree Somewhat 27 6.6 6.6 81.8
Disagree Strongly 30 7.3 7.3 89.1
No Opinion 45 10.9 10.9 100.0
Total 412 100.0 100.0
Experienced Valid Agree Strongly 199 35.8 35.8 35.8
Agree Somewhat 155 27.9 27.9 63.7
Neither Agree or Disagree 126 22.7 22.7 86.3
Disagree Somewhat 38 6.8 6.8 93.2
Disagree Strongly 18 3.2 3.2 96.4
No Opinion 20 3.6 3.6 100.0
Total 556 100.0 100.0
Expert Valid Agree Strongly 120 41.4 41.4 41.4
Agree Somewhat 97 33.4 33.4 74.8
Neither Agree or Disagree 47 16.2 16.2 91.0
Disagree Somewhat 12 4.1 4.1 95.2
Disagree Strongly 9 3.1 3.1 98.3
No Opinion 5 1.7 1.7 100.0
Total 290 100.0 100.0

Source: GVU's Tenth WWW User Survey (Conducted October 1998)
URL:http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/
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GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280