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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 12:52:36 EDT
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- From: Turgut Kalfaoglu <TURGUT@FRORS12.BITNET>
- Subject: Earn User Survey (please distribute)
- Comments: To: info-vax@hearn.BITNET
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-
- Sorry for cross-posting. Please reply to survey@frors12.bitnet address,
- and note that no acknoledgment will be sent back - unless you win the
- prize. Thanks! -turgut
-
-
-
- EARN User Survey
- ================
-
- EARN (European Academic and Research Network) is conducting a survey of
- network usage, in order to have a clearer picture of the needs, wants,
- and opinions of the people who use EARN, as well as the users of other
- networks. The results of this survey will play an important part in
- decisions regarding EARN service, planning and development, and will be
- available to other networks as well.
-
- This survey questionnaire should take about 15 minutes to complete. It
- consists of questions on communications usage, electronic mail usage,
- awareness and usage of network services, and the quality of the services
- provided. Most questions can be answered by putting an "X", or a number
- or letter from a key, in the appropriate place (or places). If there are
- any questions which you are unwilling or unable to answer, just go on to
- the following question. Please send in just one completed questionnaire,
- even if you have more than one electronic mail address.
-
- Please return the completed questionnaire by 31 July 1992 to the
- electronic mail address:
-
- SURVEY@FRORS12.BITNET (or SURVEY@FRORS12.CIRCE.FR)
-
- If you are reading this questionnaire via electronic mail, the best way
- to fill it out and return it is to use the reply function of your mail
- system with the text of the original message included. Another
- possibility is to "forward" the questionnaire to the above address.
- Finally, you can "save" or "receive" the questionnaire as a file, fill
- it out, and then send it via electronic mail to the above address.
- In any event, when filling out the questionnaire please do not erase any
- lines or parts of lines. The format of the questionnaire must be
- preserved in order to allow electronic processing of the answers.
- If you have accidentally erased parts of the questionnaire, you can get
- another copy of the questionnaire, by sending electronic mail to:
-
- LISTSERV@FRORS12.BITNET (or LISTSERVFRORS12.CIRCE.FR)
-
- with the line: GET USER SURVEY
-
- If all else fails, print the questionnaire on paper, fill it out, and
- send it to the following postal address:
-
- EARN Office
- C.I.R.C.E.
- B.P. 167
- 91403 Orsay Cedex
- FRANCE
-
-
- EARN OFFERS 10 PRIZES!!! There will be a drawing among all those who send
- in completed questionnaires by 31 July 1992. Ten people will be selected
- at random. The 10 winners will receive free memberships in the
- Internet Society (value: 70 USDollars) or may receive the 70 USDollars.
-
- Thank you for helping us improve our service.
-
- ------------------------------- cut here -------------------------------
-
- EARN User Survey Questionnaire
- ==============================
-
-
- Frequency key:
- --------------
- Use the following key for all questions of "How often ...":
-
- 0 = never, not at all
- 1 = less than once a month
- 2 = less than once a week (but at least once a month)
- 3 = 1 to 3 times a week
- 4 = 4 times a week or more
-
- Please answer the following questions by putting the appropriate number
- or letter between the underscores (e.g., _2_)
-
- Part 1. Communications Usage
- ----------------------------
-
- Q1. How often do you use computers for the following? (use frequency key)
- _ _ a. electronic mail
- _ _ b. file transfer
- _ _ c. remote login
-
-
- Q2. How often do you use the following for communications? (use frequency key)
- _ _ a. personal computer
- _ _ b. Unix workstation
- _ _ c. dumb terminal
- _ _ d. X-terminal
- _ _ e. other (eg, Minitel):
-
-
- Part 2. Electronic mail usage
- -----------------------------
-
- Q3. How often do you correspond with people who are: (use frequency key)
- _ _ a. within your institution
- _ _ b. others in your country
- _ _ c. abroad
-
-
- Q4. How many people do you correspond with by e-mail?
- (1= none, 2= 1-10 people, 3= 11-100 people, 4= more than 100 people)
- _ _ a. within your institution
- _ _ b. others in your country
- _ _ c. abroad
-
-
- Part 3. Network services
- ------------------------
-
- Q5. How often do you use the following network services? (use frequency key)
- _ _ a. Listserv
- _ _ b. Netserv
- _ _ c. Trickle
- _ _ d. Astra
- _ _ e. Relay
- _ _ f. Netnews
- _ _ g. FTP
- _ _ h. Telnet
- _ _ i. IRC
- _ _ j. X.500
- _ _ k. Archie
- _ _ l. Gopher
- _ _ m. WAIS
- _ _ n. World-Wide Web
-
-
- Q6. How many distribution lists do you belong to?
- (1= none, 2= 1-5 lists, 3= 6-20 lists, 4= more than 20 lists)
- _ _ a. related to your profession
- _ _ b. related to computers
- _ _ c. others
-
-
- Q7. How often do you use online databases containing the following information?
- (use frequency key)
- _ _ a. library catalogs, bibliographies
- _ _ b. computer program collections
- _ _ c. whole texts
- _ _ d. information of professional interest
- _ _ e. computer network information
- _ _ f. other:
-
-
- Q8. What online databases are most important to you?
- a. b. c.
-
-
- Part 4. Quality of service
- --------------------------
-
- Q9. Rate the importance to you of each one of the following networks
- on a scale of 0 to 5 (0=totally unimportant, 5= extremely important):
- _ _ a. EARN
- _ _ b. BITNET
- _ _ c. Internet
- _ _ d. EUNET
- _ _ e. X.400
-
- Q10. Which of the following 12 factors limit your usage of these 6 services?
- (put an "x" in all appropriate places)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6
- mail distribution FTP Telnet news databases
- lists
- ---- ------------ --- ------ ---- ---------
- a. not aware of service _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- b. not available to me _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- c. difficulty of use _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- d. response time _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- e. lack of documentation _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- f. quality of documentation _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- g. lack of human support _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- h. quality of human support _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- i. lack of need _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- j. lack of time _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- k. cost _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- l. difficulty in finding sources _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
-
-
- Q11. What suggestions do you have for new services or improved quality
- of service in the network?
-
-
-
-
-
- Part 5. Personal information
- ----------------------------
-
- Q12. Occupation: _ _ (1= computer professional, 2= researcher/lecturer,
- 3= administrator/office worker, 4= librarian, 5= student, 0= other)
-
- Q13. Country: _ _ (use two-letter country code)
-
- Q14. Age: _ _ (optional)
-
- Q15. Sex: _ _ (m/f) (optional)
-
- Thank you for completing this questionnaire!
-
- *END*
-