questionnaire
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1.1 How would you best categorize the organization for which you work? (Please check one.) Farming enterprise ___ Agribusiness ___ Public affairs organization ___ Government agency ___ Educational institution ___ Other ___
1.2 What is the number of employees of your organization at your location? Approximate number of employees ____________
1.3 Does your organization have its own web site and what is its web address? Organization has its own web site Yes ___ No ___ Don’t know ___
The web address (URL) is http://_______________________________________________
2.1 Do you use a computer regularly at work? Yes ___ No ___
Stand-alone desk top PC ___ Networked desk top PC ___ Notebook without network capability ___ Notebook with network capability ___ Other (please specify) _________________________
Windows 3.1 ___ Windows 95/NT ___ Don't know ___ Other (please specify) ____________________
Monochrome (e.g., black and white) ___ Color ___ Size (diagonal of the screen): 14 inches or less ___ 15 - 19 inches ___ more than 19 inches ___
2.8 Can your computer at work be connected to the Internet? Yes ___ No ___ Don’t know ___
Slow modem (less than 28.8 Kbs) ___ Fast modem (28.8 Kbs or more) ___ ISDN (128 Kbs) ___ Faster than ISDN ___ Do not know ___
2.10 For how long have you been using computers at work? Less than 1 year ___ 1 to 2 years ___ more than 2 years ___
2.11 What do you do with your computer at work? (Check all that apply) Word-processing ___ Spreadsheet calculations ___ Managing appointments and to-do-lists ___ Retrieving information from data banks ___ Presentations ___ Email ___ Accessing networks
___ Other _______________________________________
2.12 For how many hours per day do you typically use your computer at work? Less than 1 hour ___ 1 to 5 hours ___ almost continuously ___
3.1 For how long have you been using the Internet at work (including
email, web, gopher, ftp, etc.)?
3.2 Please select the statement that best reflects the nature of your email practices. I never use email ___ I access email only from work ___ I access email only from home ___ I access email from work and from home ___
Other arrangement
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3.3 How many work-related email messages do you receive and send
on a normal day?
Microsoft Internet Explorer ___ Netscape Navigator ___ Version ___ Version ___ Other browser ___________________________________________________________
(We want to know how often you use your browser for a specific activity, e.g. visiting a Web site or printing a Web page, not how many times you launch your browser per day.) 1 to 4 times/day ___ More than 5 times/day ___ A few times a week ___
Once a week or less ___
Often (between 25 and 75% of the time) ___ Almost always (over 75% of the time) ___
Not being able to efficiently organize the information I gather ___ Not being able to print exactly the pieces of information that I want ___ Not being able to find a page I know is out there ___ Not being able to return to a page I once visited ___ Not being able to determine where I am (i.e., 'lost in hyperspace' problem) ___ Not being able to visualize where I have been and where I can go
Waiting for a slow page to view or to download ___ Having to pay for the network connection ___ Encountering links that do not work ___ Other
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I read or scan and scroll when the page is larger than a screen ___ I read web documents on screen as thoroughly as printed documents ___ I print documents to be read
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Acrobat reader (for PDF files) ___ "Push" technologies (Pointcast, Castanet, Channels, etc.) ___ Streaming audio over the Internet (Real Audio, etc.) ___ Streaming video over the Internet (RealVideo, etc.) ___ Video conferencing over the Internet (Netmeeting, etc.) ___ Digital signature/id cards (Verisign, RSA. etc.) ___ 3-D environments (VRML, Active 3D, etc.) ___ I don’t know whether I used any of these
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Please rate the features of this site on a scale from 1 (excellent) to 5 (very poor); 0 (for no opinion) Content ___ Attractiveness of the site’s design ___ Fast access ___ Ease of printing ___ Ease of navigating the site ___ Usefulness of links ___ Attractiveness of graphics ___
Richness of multimedia (sound; video) ___
4.1 How frequently have you visited AIC’s Web site during the last year? Daily ___ Weekly ___ Monthly ___ Rarely ___ Never ___ I did not know AIC has a Web site ___
(AIC’s Web address is: http
//aic.ucdavis.edu)
4.2 Have you included AIC’s Web address in your list of bookmarks? Yes ___ No ___
Don’t understand the question ___
4.3 In your opinion, how could AIC’s Web page be improved? Would you prefer to receive them through the Internet in the future?
4.5 What characteristics do you consider important for AIC’s Web site? (Please rate characteristics.) 1= very important; 2= important; 3= not important; 4= undesirable Content Up-to-date content ___ Comprehensive content ___ Functionality Fast access ___ Ease of printing ___ Ease of navigating the site ___ Usefulness of links ___ Email access to AIC personnel and contributors ___ Visual appearance Readability of text ___ Attractiveness of graphic elements ___ Additional features Email addresses of people outside AIC ___ Links to web pages of organizations outside AIC ___ Easier access to download documents for printing ___ Easier access to download documents for processing ___ Ability to order AIC information by email ___ Listserver for distributing documents by email ___ Automatic notice when AIC’s web page has changed ___ Ability to search within AIC reports ___ Audio ___ Video ___ Discussion
groups ___
5.1 What is your age? Age in years _______________
5.-2 What is your level of education? (Please indicate the highest level of education completed.) High School or less ___ Some College ___ College Graduate (4 year) ___
Graduate School ___
5.3 What is your position in your organization? Owner/CEO/Agency Head ___ Professional/Technical ___ Executive/Manager ___ Sales/Outreach ___ Clerical
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Other (please specify) ____________________
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