I’m taking a survey for a paper I’m writing for my anthropology class. The question I’m looking to answer is “How have computers impacted your life?”
Following are 10 questions. If you have 5 minutes, please help me out by responding with your answers. Acceptable choices are listed. I’m hoping to get at least 20 responses, so the more that answer the merrier.
Thanks in advance! At the end I’ll tabulate the statistics and post the results.
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Age
0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70+
Sex
Male
Female
Questions
How much time do you spend on the computer per day?
0-30 min
31-60 min
1-2 hours
2-4 hours
4 hours+
If you no longer owned a computer, would your life change significatnly?
yes
no
What is the primary use of your computer?
email/internet/im
word processing
programming/databases
media/photos/video/music
gaming
other
How have computers impacted your relationship with family?
improved
worsened
no effect
How have computers impacted your relationship with with friends?
improved
worsened
no effect
If you were offered enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life, but you could never use a computer again, would you take the money?
yes
no
Would you take the money if you could still use computers?
yes
no
Do you encourage others to use computers?
yes
no
Do you use a computer at work?
yes
no
don?t work
How old were you when you first started using computers?
0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70+
Questions
How much time do you spend on the computer per day?
1-2 hours
If you no longer owned a computer, would your life change significatnly?
no
What is the primary use of your computer?
email/internet/im
other
How have computers impacted your relationship with family?
improved
How have computers impacted your relationship with with friends?
improved
If you were offered enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life, but you could never use a computer again, would you take the money?
yes
Would you take the money if you could still use computers?
yes
Do you encourage others to use computers?
yes
Do you use a computer at work?
yes
How old were you when you first started using computers?
0-19
Age
0-19
20-29 [20-29]
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70+
Sex
Male
Female [female]
Questions
How much time do you spend on the computer per day?
0-30 min
31-60 min
1-2 hours
2-4 hours [2-4 hours on average]
4 hours+
If you no longer owned a computer, would your life change significatnly?
yes [absofuckinglutely]
no
What is the primary use of your computer?
email/internet/im [yes]
word processing [yes]
programming/databases
media/photos/video/music [yes]
gaming
other [porn…oops, this is for school, isn’t it?]
How have computers impacted your relationship with family?
improved [definitely]
worsened
no effect
How have computers impacted your relationship with with friends?
improved [yep]
worsened
no effect
If you were offered enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life, but you could never use a computer again, would you take the money?
yes
no [hell no]
Would you take the money if you could still use computers?
yes [duh]
no
Do you encourage others to use computers?
yes [yep]
no
Do you use a computer at work?
yes [couldn’t function without one]
no
don?t work
How old were you when you first started using computers?
0-19 [14]
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70+
How much time do you spend on the computer per day?
*4 hours+
If you no longer owned a computer, would your life change significatnly?
*yes
What is the primary use of your computer?
*email/internet/im
*programming/databases
*gaming
How have computers impacted your relationship with family?
*improved
How have computers impacted your relationship with friends?
*no effect
If you were offered enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life, but you could never use a computer again, would you take the money?
*yes
Would you take the money if you could still use computers?
*yes
Do you encourage others to use computers?
*no
Do you use a computer at work?
*yes
How old were you when you first started using computers?
*0-19
Questions
How much time do you spend on the computer per day?
2-4 hours
If you no longer owned a computer, would your life change significatnly?
yes
What is the primary use of your computer?
email/internet/im
How have computers impacted your relationship with family?
no effect
How have computers impacted your relationship with with friends?
improved
If you were offered enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life, but you could never use a computer again, would you take the money?
no
Would you take the money if you could still use computers?
no
Do you encourage others to use computers?
no
Do you use a computer at work?
don?t work
How old were you when you first started using computers?
0-19 (10)
Interesting study. I just finished doing a brief study for my English class on how modern technology (mainly Instant Messenger) effects peoples’ ability to write. PM me if you’d like any info on that (I don’t have tons though).
Questions
How much time do you spend on the computer per day?
4 hours+
If you no longer owned a computer, would your life change significatnly?
yes
What is the primary use of your computer?
email/internet/im
media/photos/video/music
gaming
other
How have computers impacted your relationship with family?
no effect
How have computers impacted your relationship with with friends?
improved
If you were offered enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life, but you could never use a computer again, would you take the money?
yes
Would you take the money if you could still use computers?
yes
Do you encourage others to use computers?
no
Do you use a computer at work?
don?t work
How old were you when you first started using computers?
0-19
Thanks to everyone who answered and took this seriously! In total I got 48 responses. Here are the results; I’ll have more interesting statistics when I analyze this further.
Age
0-19 (11)
20-29 (21)
30-39 (8)
40-49 (6)
50-59 (1)
60-69 (1)
70+ (0)
Sex
Male (39)
Female (9)
How have computers impacted your life?
Questions
How much time do you spend on the computer per day?
0-30 min (0)
31-60 min (2)
1-2 hours (5)
2-4 hours (11)
4 hours+ (30)
If you no longer owned a computer, would your life change significatnly?
yes (41)
no (7)
What is the primary use of your computer?
email/internet/im (13)
word processing (0)
programming/db (1)
media/photos/video/music (4)
gaming (1)
other (8)
more than 1 of the above (21)
How have computers impacted your relationship with family?
improved (18)
worsened (1)
no effect (29)
How have computers impacted your relationship with friends?
improved (32)
worsened (3)
no effect (13)
If you were offered enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life, but you could never use a computer again, would you take the money?
yes (21)
no (27)
Would you take the money if you could still use computers?
yes (43)
no (5)
Do you encourage others to use computers?
yes (40)
no (8)
Do you use a computer at work?
yes (31)
no (3)
don?t work (14)
How old were you when you first started using computers?
0-19 (41)
20-29 (4)
30-39 (3)
40-49 (0)
50-59 (0)
60-69 (0)
70+ (0)
Questions
How much time do you spend on the computer per day?
4 hours+
If you no longer owned a computer, would your life change significatnly?
yes
What is the primary use of your computer?
email/internet/im
How have computers impacted your relationship with family?
improved
How have computers impacted your relationship with with friends?
improved
If you were offered enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life, but you could never use a computer again, would you take the money?
yes
Would you take the money if you could still use computers?
yes
Do you encourage others to use computers?
yes
Do you use a computer at work?
yes
How old were you when you first started using computers?
Based on answers to different questions I was able to classify all users as either casual, passionate, or intermediate users of computers.
? Passionate: 29%
? Casual: 12.5%
? Intermediate: 58.5%
Distribution of passionate users:
? age 0-29: 71%
? age 30+: 29%
Distribution of older users:
? Passionate: 25%
? Casual/Intermediate: 75%
Here’s a relevant excerpt from my paper:
[quote] Twenty-two people responded that they would not give up computers for money, but if they could have the money and continue using computers, then they would take it. This is roughly 46% of respondents. These people therefore like money (most people do), but value computers even more. Of this 46%, thirteen spend four or more hours on computers per day. This is 27% of respondents. Of this 27%, eleven encourage others to use computers. This is 23% of all respondents. So 23% of respondents comprise a group that would not trade computers for money, spends 4 or more hours per day on computers, and encourages others to use computers as well. Thus, this 23% is highly passionate about computing. There are also three respondents who spend 4 or more hours per day on computers, encourage others to use computers, but would not accept the money based on principle. It is safe say these three respondents are passionate about computing as well. This makes for a total of 14 respondents, or 29%, who are passionate about computing.
Of the thirty-four non-passionate computer users, seven said their lives would not significantly change if they no longer used computers. This is 14.5% of respondents. Of those 14.5%, six would give up computers for money. This is 12.5%. These are clearly casual users. The remaining twenty-eight respondents, or 58.5%, that are neither passionate nor casual I have labeled intermediate users.
Of the fourteen respondents who are passionate about computers, ten are younger than thirty. This means that 71% of passionate users are young. Also worth noting, is that of the same fourteen respondents, twelve started using computers before the age of twenty. So 85.7% of respondents who are passionate about computers began using them at an early age.
Out of all respondents, sixteen are age thirty or older. Of these sixteen, only four are passionate users. Thus 75% of respondents age thirty or older are casual or intermediate computer users.[/quote]
How much time do you spend on the computer per day?
4 hours+ (where is the 10+ hour option?)
If you no longer owned a computer, would your life change significatnly?
yes
What is the primary use of your computer?
programming/databases
How have computers impacted your relationship with family?
no effect
How have computers impacted your relationship with with friends?
improved
If you were offered enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life, but you could never use a computer again, would you take the money?
yes
Would you take the money if you could still use computers?
yes
Do you encourage others to use computers?
yes
Do you use a computer at work?
yes
How old were you when you first started using computers?
0-19 (Ah, the years of 8086’s)
Questions
How much time do you spend on the computer per day?
4 hours+
If you no longer owned a computer, would your life change significatnly?
yes
What is the primary use of your computer?
programming
How have computers impacted your relationship with family?
no effect
How have computers impacted your relationship with with friends?
no effect
If you were offered enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life, but you could never use a computer again, would you take the money?
yes
Would you take the money if you could still use computers?
yes
Do you encourage others to use computers?
yes
Do you use a computer at work?
yes
How old were you when you first started using computers?
0-19
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