40A. Do you give your school permission to release your name, student
ID, address and birthday on file to the Higher Education Research Institute
(HERI) for their research analysis? Please note that your responses
will be used for research purposes only and will be strictly confidential.
Any information that is obtained in connection with this study and that
can be identified with you will remain confidential and will be disclosed
only with your permission or as required by law.
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Yes
PERMITHERI=1
No
40B. Do you give the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) permission
to include your ID number (with your survey responses) should your college
request the data for additional research analyses? HERI maintains strict
standards of confidentiality and would require your college to sign a pledge
of confidentiality.
PERMIT06=2
Yes
PERMIT06=1
No
Questions from Northwestern University
1. In general, how often do you use the Internet?
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Several times a day
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About once a day
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Few times a week
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Once a week or less often
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Never
2. In general, how often do you use a chat service or instant messenger
program?
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Constantly all day
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Once or twice a day
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Few times a week
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Less often
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Never
3. In terms of your Internet skills, do you consider yourself to be:
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Not at all skilled
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Not very skilled
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Fairly skilled
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Very skilled
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Expert
4. How often, if ever, do you use Facebook.com?
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Several times a day
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Once a day
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Few times a week or less
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Don't use it, but have heard of it
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I have never heard of Facebook
How familiar are you with the following computer and Internet-related
items? Please choose a number between 1 and 5 where 1 represents "no
understanding" and 5 represents "full understanding" of
the item.
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None
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Little
2 |
Some
3 |
Good
4 |
Full
5 |
| 5. Preference settings |
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| 6. JPG |
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| 7. Tagging |
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| 8. RSS |
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| 9. Torrent |
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10. Thinking about all the Web sites you visit, how often do you read
the site's privacy policies?
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Never
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Rarely
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Sometimes
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Often
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Always
11. Have you changed the default homepage in your browser? For our purposes,
browser refers to the program you use to access the Web.
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No
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Yes
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Don't know what it means to change the default homepage in my browser
12. Do you know what an Internet "cookie" is?
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Yes
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No
Here are some reasons for going to particular sites. For each reason
given, indicate how important it is when deciding whether to visit a Web
site.
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Extremely important |
Very important |
Somewhat important |
Not too important |
Not at all important |
| 13. Knowing who owns the Web site |
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| 14. Being able to identify easily the sources of information
on the site |
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| 15. Knowing what business and organizations financially
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16. When you want advice on or assistance with surfing the Web, finding
a Web site or some other online service, how easily can you find someone
to ask for assistance?
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Very easily
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Somewhat easily
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Not very easily
17. How often do you ask people (friends, family, peers) for advice
with your online activities?
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Very often
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Often
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Sometimes
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Rarely
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Never
18. Is there at least one especially knowledgeable person among your
friends, family or peers whom you can ask about Web use questions?
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Yes
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No
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Thank you very much for contributing to this research!