42. Do you give the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) permission to include your ID number 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.
PERMIT07 2
Yes
PERMIT07 1
No
Questions from Northwestern University
1. In general, how often do you use the Internet?
OPTQ0701 1
Constantly all day
OPTQ0701 2
A few times a day
OPTQ0701 3
About once a day
OPTQ0701 4
Few times a week
OPTQ0701 5
Once a week or less often
2. In general, how often do you use a chat service or instant messenger
program?
OPTQ0702 1
Constantly all day
OPTQ0702 2
Once or twice a day
OPTQ0702 3
Few times a week
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Less often
OPTQ0702 5
Never
3. In terms of your Internet skills, do you consider yourself to be:
OPTQ0703 1
Not at all skilled
OPTQ0703 2
Not very skilled
OPTQ0703 3
Fairly skilled
OPTQ0703 4
Very skilled
OPTQ0703 5
Expert
4. How often, if ever, do you use Facebook.com?
OPTQ0704 1
Several times a day
OPTQ0704 2
Once a day
OPTQ0704 3
Few times a week or less
OPTQ0704 4
Don't use it, but have heard of it
OPTQ0704 5
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.
| |
None
1 |
Little
2 |
Some
3 |
Good
4 |
Full
5 |
| 5. Preference settings |
OPTQ0705 1
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| 6. JPG |
OPTQ0706 1
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OPTQ0706 2
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OPTQ0706 3
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OPTQ0706 4
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OPTQ0706 5
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| 7. Tagging |
OPTQ0707 1
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OPTQ0707 2
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OPTQ0707 3
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OPTQ0707 4
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OPTQ0707 5
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| 8. RSS |
OPTQ0708 1
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OPTQ0708 2
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| 9. Torrent |
OPTQ0709 1
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OPTQ0709 2
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10. What does the "bcc" option in email allow you to do?
OPTQ0710 1
Send messages with special encryption for security
OPTQ0710 2
Send email without the recipient's address appearing in the message
OPTQ0710 3
Include graphical icons in the body of an email message
OPTQ0710 4
Send compressed picture files attached to a message
OPTQ0710 5
Don't know
11. Have you ever created backups of your computer files?
OPTQ0711 1
Never
OPTQ0711 2
Have done it once or twice
OPTQ0711 3
Few times a year
OPTQ0711 4
Monthly
OPTQ0711 5
Weekly or Daily
12. Do you know what an Internet "cookie" is?
OPTQ0712 1
Yes
OPTQ0712 2
No
How confident do you feel about the following statements? Please choose a number between 1 and 5 where 1 represents "disagree strongly" and 5 represents "agree strongly".
| |
Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 13. I feel confident turning to an online discussion group when I need help with something. |
OPTQ0713 1
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OPTQ0713 2
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OPTQ0713 3
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| 14. I feel confident knowing the difference between http and https. |
OPTQ0714 1
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15. On average, how often do you make and receive phone calls?
OPTQ0715 1
Less than daily
OPTQ0715 2
Once a day
OPTQ0715 3
2-3 times a day
OPTQ0715 4
4-6 times a day
OPTQ0715 5
7 or more times a day
16. On average, how often do you send text messages using a cell phone?
OPTQ0716 1
Never
OPTQ0716 2
Weekly or less often
OPTQ0716 3
Few times a week
OPTQ0716 4
Daily
OPTQ0716 5
Several times a day
17. Have you ever contributed material to a wiki?
OPTQ0717 1
No
OPTQ0717 2
Once
OPTQ0717 3
2-3 times
OPTQ0717 4
4 or more times
OPTQ0717 5
Don't know what a wiki is
18. Have you ever posted a question on an online discussion forum?
OPTQ0718 1
No
OPTQ0718 2
Once
OPTQ0718 3
2-3 times
OPTQ0718 4
4 or more times
OPTQ0718 5
Don't know what this means
Thank you very much for contributing to this research!