Student Survey 2: Student Usage of Computer Labs
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| This survey was conducted by the Office of Budget and Institutional Research over the telephone during December 1997 and January 1998. A sample of 1,100 students were taken from among those students enrolled in autumn quarter of 1997-98. Of that sample, 615 students were contacted for a 56% response rate. The sampling error is a 3% with a confidence interval of 95%. |
| Approximately how many times have you used a computer at WSU in the past year? |
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Responses |
% |
| Not used at all |
153 |
25% |
| 1 -10 |
182 |
30% |
| 11-25 |
67 |
11% |
| 26-50 |
82 |
13% |
| 51-100 |
49 |
8% |
| Over 100 |
82 |
13% |
| Total |
615 |
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How do you use the WSU computer labs?
(since there is an overlap of usage, percentages do not total 100%) |
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Responses |
% |
| Word processing |
311 |
51% |
| Email |
249 |
40% |
| Web access |
248 |
40% |
| Graphics |
67 |
11% |
| Programming |
61 |
10% |
| Mathematics or stats |
58 |
9% |
| Other |
159 |
26% |
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| If you wanted to use a lab at WSU but were unable to, what were some of the reasons for this? |
| Reasons |
Responses |
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| Lab full |
204 |
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| Network failure |
90 |
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| Needed software not available |
17 |
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| Adequate help not available |
18 |
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| Lab closed |
86 |
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| Other |
32 |
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What dollar amount of student fee money do you think should be spent on computing at WSU?
(WSU students were apprised of their current computing fee, their total student fee, and both of these amounts at Uof U, USU, SUU, and Snow College.) |
| Amount in $ |
Responses |
% |
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| Less than 9 |
32 |
5% |
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| 9-15 |
12 |
2% |
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| 16-25 |
50 |
8% |
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| 26-50 |
141 |
23% |
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| 51-100 |
140 |
23% |
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| 101-150 |
89 |
14% |
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| Over 150 |
75 |
12% |
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| Dont know |
76 |
12% |
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