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How Users Find out About WWW Pages


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How Users Find out About WWW Pages





Group G61  "How Users Find out About WWW Pages"
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52          907      5.4     27.6
Friends                                  Q53         2128     12.6     64.7
WWW Pages                                Q54         2907     17.2     88.3
Search Engines                           Q55         2790     16.5     84.8
Directories                              Q56         1908     11.3     58.0
Usenet                                   Q57         1002      5.9     30.4
Printed Media                            Q58         2060     12.2     62.6
Sigs                                     Q59         1180      7.0     35.9
TV                                       Q60         1055      6.2     32.1
Other                                    Q61          954      5.6     29.0
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses    16891    100.0    513.2

0 missing cases;  3,291 valid cases

How Users Find out About WWW Pages




X1:         .

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52           24      5.8     28.2
Friends                                  Q53           56     13.6     65.9
WWW Pages                                Q54           66     16.0     77.6
Search Engines                           Q55           63     15.3     74.1
Directories                              Q56           49     11.9     57.6
Usenet                                   Q57           22      5.3     25.9
Printed Media                            Q58           52     12.6     61.2
Sigs                                     Q59           26      6.3     30.6
TV                                       Q60           35      8.5     41.2
Other                                    Q61           20      4.8     23.5
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      413    100.0    485.9

0 missing cases;  85 valid cases



X1:         1   USA

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52          732      5.4     27.6
Friends                                  Q53         1743     12.8     65.7
WWW Pages                                Q54         2355     17.3     88.7
Search Engines                           Q55         2246     16.5     84.6
Directories                              Q56         1544     11.4     58.2
Usenet                                   Q57          782      5.8     29.5
Printed Media                            Q58         1632     12.0     61.5
Sigs                                     Q59          911      6.7     34.3
TV                                       Q60          884      6.5     33.3
Other                                    Q61          765      5.6     28.8
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses    13594    100.0    512.2

0 missing cases;  2,654 valid cases



X1:         2   Europe

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52           70      5.1     26.1
Friends                                  Q53          144     10.4     53.7
WWW Pages                                Q54          230     16.7     85.8
Search Engines                           Q55          234     17.0     87.3
Directories                              Q56          160     11.6     59.7
Usenet                                   Q57          106      7.7     39.6
Printed Media                            Q58          191     13.8     71.3
Sigs                                     Q59          115      8.3     42.9
TV                                       Q60           58      4.2     21.6
Other                                    Q61           72      5.2     26.9
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     1380    100.0    514.9

0 missing cases;  268 valid cases



X1:         3   Other

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52           81      5.4     28.5
Friends                                  Q53          185     12.3     65.1
WWW Pages                                Q54          256     17.0     90.1
Search Engines                           Q55          247     16.4     87.0
Directories                              Q56          155     10.3     54.6
Usenet                                   Q57           92      6.1     32.4
Printed Media                            Q58          185     12.3     65.1
Sigs                                     Q59          128      8.5     45.1
TV                                       Q60           78      5.2     27.5
Other                                    Q61           97      6.4     34.2
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     1504    100.0    529.6

0 missing cases;  284 valid cases

How Users Find out About WWW Pages




X4:       .

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52           24      5.8     28.2
Friends                                  Q53           56     13.6     65.9
WWW Pages                                Q54           66     16.0     77.6
Search Engines                           Q55           63     15.3     74.1
Directories                              Q56           49     11.9     57.6
Usenet                                   Q57           22      5.3     25.9
Printed Media                            Q58           52     12.6     61.2
Sigs                                     Q59           26      6.3     30.6
TV                                       Q60           35      8.5     41.2
Other                                    Q61           20      4.8     23.5
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      413    100.0    485.9

0 missing cases;  85 valid cases



X4:      1.00   Female

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52          299      5.6     28.8
Friends                                  Q53          717     13.5     69.1
WWW Pages                                Q54          930     17.5     89.6
Search Engines                           Q55          862     16.3     83.0
Directories                              Q56          601     11.3     57.9
Usenet                                   Q57          223      4.2     21.5
Printed Media                            Q58          637     12.0     61.4
Sigs                                     Q59          409      7.7     39.4
TV                                       Q60          333      6.3     32.1
Other                                    Q61          291      5.5     28.0
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     5302    100.0    510.8

0 missing cases;  1,038 valid cases



X4:      2.00   Male

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52          584      5.2     26.9
Friends                                  Q53         1355     12.1     62.5
WWW Pages                                Q54         1911     17.1     88.1
Search Engines                           Q55         1865     16.7     86.0
Directories                              Q56         1258     11.3     58.0
Usenet                                   Q57          757      6.8     34.9
Printed Media                            Q58         1371     12.3     63.2
Sigs                                     Q59          745      6.7     34.4
TV                                       Q60          687      6.1     31.7
Other                                    Q61          643      5.8     29.7
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses    11176    100.0    515.5

0 missing cases;  2,168 valid cases

How Users Find out About WWW Pages




X2:         .

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52           39      6.1     30.5
Friends                                  Q53           84     13.1     65.6
WWW Pages                                Q54           99     15.4     77.3
Search Engines                           Q55           99     15.4     77.3
Directories                              Q56           77     12.0     60.2
Usenet                                   Q57           39      6.1     30.5
Printed Media                            Q58           82     12.8     64.1
Sigs                                     Q59           43      6.7     33.6
TV                                       Q60           46      7.2     35.9
Other                                    Q61           35      5.4     27.3
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      643    100.0    502.3

0 missing cases;  128 valid cases



X2:         1   11-20

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52           37      4.1     21.3
Friends                                  Q53          133     14.7     76.4
WWW Pages                                Q54          160     17.7     92.0
Search Engines                           Q55          151     16.7     86.8
Directories                              Q56          116     12.8     66.7
Usenet                                   Q57           47      5.2     27.0
Printed Media                            Q58           95     10.5     54.6
Sigs                                     Q59           55      6.1     31.6
TV                                       Q60           57      6.3     32.8
Other                                    Q61           52      5.8     29.9
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      903    100.0    519.0

0 missing cases;  174 valid cases



X2:         2   21-25

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52           93      4.7     23.8
Friends                                  Q53          296     14.8     75.7
WWW Pages                                Q54          352     17.6     90.0
Search Engines                           Q55          319     16.0     81.6
Directories                              Q56          221     11.1     56.5
Usenet                                   Q57          116      5.8     29.7
Printed Media                            Q58          230     11.5     58.8
Sigs                                     Q59          145      7.3     37.1
TV                                       Q60          134      6.7     34.3
Other                                    Q61           92      4.6     23.5
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     1998    100.0    511.0

0 missing cases;  391 valid cases



X2:         3   26-50

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52          582      5.5     28.3
Friends                                  Q53         1301     12.2     63.3
WWW Pages                                Q54         1821     17.1     88.7
Search Engines                           Q55         1770     16.6     86.2
Directories                              Q56         1189     11.2     57.9
Usenet                                   Q57          652      6.1     31.7
Printed Media                            Q58         1281     12.0     62.4
Sigs                                     Q59          761      7.2     37.0
TV                                       Q60          646      6.1     31.5
Other                                    Q61          634      6.0     30.9
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses    10637    100.0    517.9

0 missing cases;  2,054 valid cases



X2:         4   50+

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52          156      5.8     28.7
Friends                                  Q53          314     11.6     57.7
WWW Pages                                Q54          475     17.5     87.3
Search Engines                           Q55          451     16.6     82.9
Directories                              Q56          305     11.3     56.1
Usenet                                   Q57          148      5.5     27.2
Printed Media                            Q58          372     13.7     68.4
Sigs                                     Q59          176      6.5     32.4
TV                                       Q60          172      6.3     31.6
Other                                    Q61          141      5.2     25.9
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     2710    100.0    498.2

0 missing cases;  544 valid cases

How Users Find out About WWW Pages




X3:         .

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52           24      5.8     28.2
Friends                                  Q53           56     13.6     65.9
WWW Pages                                Q54           66     16.0     77.6
Search Engines                           Q55           63     15.3     74.1
Directories                              Q56           49     11.9     57.6
Usenet                                   Q57           22      5.3     25.9
Printed Media                            Q58           52     12.6     61.2
Sigs                                     Q59           26      6.3     30.6
TV                                       Q60           35      8.5     41.2
Other                                    Q61           20      4.8     23.5
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      413    100.0    485.9

0 missing cases;  85 valid cases



X3:         1   <1 Year

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52          118      7.3     33.5
Friends                                  Q53          225     13.9     63.9
WWW Pages                                Q54          289     17.9     82.1
Search Engines                           Q55          260     16.1     73.9
Directories                              Q56          177     10.9     50.3
Usenet                                   Q57           45      2.8     12.8
Printed Media                            Q58          205     12.7     58.2
Sigs                                     Q59           98      6.1     27.8
TV                                       Q60          112      6.9     31.8
Other                                    Q61           88      5.4     25.0
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     1617    100.0    459.4

0 missing cases;  352 valid cases



X3:         2   1-3 Years

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52          292      5.5     27.5
Friends                                  Q53          669     12.5     63.0
WWW Pages                                Q54          946     17.7     89.1
Search Engines                           Q55          899     16.8     84.7
Directories                              Q56          590     11.0     55.6
Usenet                                   Q57          263      4.9     24.8
Printed Media                            Q58          677     12.6     63.7
Sigs                                     Q59          357      6.7     33.6
TV                                       Q60          374      7.0     35.2
Other                                    Q61          290      5.4     27.3
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     5357    100.0    504.4

0 missing cases;  1,062 valid cases



X3:         3   >4 Years

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52          473      5.0     26.4
Friends                                  Q53         1178     12.4     65.7
WWW Pages                                Q54         1606     16.9     89.6
Search Engines                           Q55         1568     16.5     87.5
Directories                              Q56         1092     11.5     60.9
Usenet                                   Q57          672      7.1     37.5
Printed Media                            Q58         1126     11.8     62.8
Sigs                                     Q59          699      7.4     39.0
TV                                       Q60          534      5.6     29.8
Other                                    Q61          556      5.9     31.0
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     9504    100.0    530.4

0 missing cases;  1,792 valid cases

How Users Find out About WWW Pages




X6:         .

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52           24      5.8     28.2
Friends                                  Q53           56     13.6     65.9
WWW Pages                                Q54           66     16.0     77.6
Search Engines                           Q55           63     15.3     74.1
Directories                              Q56           49     11.9     57.6
Usenet                                   Q57           22      5.3     25.9
Printed Media                            Q58           52     12.6     61.2
Sigs                                     Q59           26      6.3     30.6
TV                                       Q60           35      8.5     41.2
Other                                    Q61           20      4.8     23.5
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      413    100.0    485.9

0 missing cases;  85 valid cases



X6:         1   Novice

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52           76      5.3     20.7
Friends                                  Q53          209     14.5     56.9
WWW Pages                                Q54          282     19.5     76.8
Search Engines                           Q55          265     18.3     72.2
Directories                              Q56          163     11.3     44.4
Usenet                                   Q57           26      1.8      7.1
Printed Media                            Q58          182     12.6     49.6
Sigs                                     Q59           75      5.2     20.4
TV                                       Q60           98      6.8     26.7
Other                                    Q61           69      4.8     18.8
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     1445    100.0    393.7

0 missing cases;  367 valid cases



X6:         2   Intermediate

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52          222      5.3     25.5
Friends                                  Q53          527     12.6     60.5
WWW Pages                                Q54          763     18.2     87.6
Search Engines                           Q55          709     16.9     81.4
Directories                              Q56          467     11.1     53.6
Usenet                                   Q57          210      5.0     24.1
Printed Media                            Q58          540     12.9     62.0
Sigs                                     Q59          271      6.5     31.1
TV                                       Q60          271      6.5     31.1
Other                                    Q61          210      5.0     24.1
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     4190    100.0    481.1

0 missing cases;  871 valid cases



X6:         3   Experienced

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52          369      5.3     28.0
Friends                                  Q53          848     12.1     64.3
WWW Pages                                Q54         1201     17.1     91.1
Search Engines                           Q55         1164     16.6     88.3
Directories                              Q56          799     11.4     60.6
Usenet                                   Q57          461      6.6     35.0
Printed Media                            Q58          835     11.9     63.4
Sigs                                     Q59          517      7.4     39.2
TV                                       Q60          402      5.7     30.5
Other                                    Q61          427      6.1     32.4
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     7023    100.0    532.9

0 missing cases;  1,318 valid cases



X6:         4   Expert

Group G61  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q52          216      5.7     33.2
Friends                                  Q53          488     12.8     75.1
WWW Pages                                Q54          595     15.6     91.5
Search Engines                           Q55          589     15.4     90.6
Directories                              Q56          430     11.3     66.2
Usenet                                   Q57          283      7.4     43.5
Printed Media                            Q58          451     11.8     69.4
Sigs                                     Q59          291      7.6     44.8
TV                                       Q60          249      6.5     38.3
Other                                    Q61          228      6.0     35.1
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     3820    100.0    587.7

0 missing cases;  650 valid cases


Source: GVU's Tenth WWW User Survey (Conducted October 1998)
URL:http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/
Copyright 1998 GTRC - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Contact: www-survey@cc.gatech.edu

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GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280