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Demographics:
This year, 526 students or approximately 13% of all on-campus housed graduate students* responded to the survey, 65% male. Forty-eight percent of students identified themselves as being part of the School of Engineering, 28% part of Humanities and Sciences, and the remaining students distributed across the remaining schools. Most students were enrolled in Masters (31%) or Doctoral (58%) programs and a significant portion (37%) identified themselves as being international (non-US citizen/permanent resident) students (there are many more international students in the graduate programs in general).
Use of Computers
Regarding equipment of those who responded to the survey:
In terms of platform:
Most students say they use their computers from a minimum of four to more than eight hours per day, with 23% at four to six hours, 24% at six to eight hours, and 33% at more than eight hours per day.
Students were asked to rank how often they use their personal computers for activities in five broad categories. The most popular results were, in order:
With 91% of students with laptops, students were asked specifically where around campus they used their laptops. The top five locations listed were:
Web 2.0-- Blogs, Wikis, Social Networking and More
This year's survey asked a number of questions related to students' use of Web 2.0 technologies, such as blogs, wikis, and social networking sites, both inside and outside of the classroom. In reference to class-related activities, some students are participating in blogs (11%), wikis (14%) and general websites (outside of blogs, wikis or Coursework sites) (26%). Students are also using these Web 2.0 technologies outside of the classroom:
Not only did a majority of students say they were using social networking site(s), but an overwhelming percentage of those who said they use these sites (88%) said they actively participated in Facebook specifically, using it at least once a week (not just maintaining an account and profile).
Digital Music Services
As aforementioned, 50% of those who responded about what type of equipment they owned said they had a portable music player (MP3, iPod, etc.) and of those students, 76% are iPod owners. Students were also asked from which online music services, if any, they had paid for music. Of the 38% of students who responded to the question, 77% of students said they have purchased music from the Apple iTunes Music Store and 22% from Yahoo! Music Unlimited. Also available through iTunes is Stanford-related digital audio content through the Stanford on iTunes U project at itunes.stanford.edu and itunes.stanford.edu/community/. Course-related content is also available via Coursework. Unfortunately, when asked, most students were either not aware of the Stanford on iTunes U project (58%) or aware of it, but hadn't used it (31%).
File-sharing and Copyright
In light of recent law suits and complaints filed against college students for using computer networks to illegally share copyrighted materials, Residential Computing, in collaboration with other University departments, has been working to educate students about file-sharing, copyright law, and University policies and practices. For more information, please visit the File-sharing and Copyright Law FAQ.
Since 2004-2005, the survey has included questions on students' awareness of copyright issues-- only seven percent of students said they did did not know file-sharing copyrighted content without the permission of the rights holder violates both law and University policy and most students (76%) learned about this issue before coming to Stanford. This year, students were also asked if they were aware that Stanford will stop providing Internet services to students who receive multiple copyright complaints and students were split in their awareness, 50% responding that they were not aware until now and 50% responding that they were already aware.
Desktop Security
With an increasing number of computer security vulnerabilities and exploits (such as viruses), Residential Computing, in collaboration with other University departments, has been working to educate students about the importance of desktop security. For more information on desktop security, please visit the Practicing Safe Net page.
Almost all students said they took some action to keep their computers up-to-date and secure from viruses. The top five practices students employ are:
RCCs
Resident Computer Consultants (RCCs) are students who live in each residence and serve as local network managers by supporting in-room network connection, consultants by helping residents with computer problems, cluster technicians by helping to take care of the residence clusters, and more. In the graduate residences, RCCs are distributed within each complex (rather than one for each individual residence as in the undergraduate residences). They are managed by the RCC Manager and receive support and training from the entire ResComp central staff. RCCs are the first line of support for residential students. For more information about RCCs, click here.
In the graduate residences, students are less likely to ask their RCCs for help-- only 43% of students have asked their RCC for computer-related help or advice this past year compared to 73% among undergraduates and the majority of them (97%) asking for help one to five times this past year (the survey was conducted in mid to late March). On average, 89% of requests were acknowledged with 24 hours (and 53% of those within the same day) and 94% within two days. On average, 86% of problems were resolved within two dayss (and 73% of those within 24 hours). Of course, in some cases it takes a longer time to resolve issues. In those cases, 87% of students responded that students felt that the RCC's response time was reasonable.
Ninety-two percent of students rated their RCC's knowledge as excellent or good and 92% rated their RCC's willingness to help as excellent or good. Ninety-two percent of students also rated their RCC's availability as always available or usually available. In general, 92% of students said they were either very satisfied or satisfied overall with their RCC.
Since graduate RCCs are distributed within each complex and students are less likely to live in the same building as their RCCs and have regular face-to-face interaction with them, students were also asked the following questions related to getting technical help:
In reference to how they would prefer to request to get technical help, the most popular results were, in order:
Some students also made other suggestions, such as instant messaging, "office hours" for regular support hours, and a more centralized system where students could submit help requests where any RCC could respond instead of the one assigned to your area (who may not be able to respond immediately). Of course, one student answered that his first preference would be "preemptive telepathy (predict problem and provide solution before problem presents)."
In reference to how they would prefer to receive technical help, after making a request for help, the most popular results were, in order:
Here again, some students suggested instant messaging. Some also commented that it depended on the complexity of the problem-- simple problems could be addressed via email, more complex ones via phone, but the most complex ones in person.
Residence Computing Spaces
ResComp supports a residence cluster in every residence, roughly 350 public computers in 77 locations. In large graduate complexes, clusters are centrally located (rather than in each building). Only thirty-seven percent of students said they have used a residence cluster for any purpose (computing, printing, study, etc.). Of those students, most used it less than regularly with 65% using it rarely (once or twice a quarter, and maybe during finals) and 26% using it every now and then (every couple of weeks or so).
The top five most significant reasons for using the residence clusters are:
Students who do use the residence cluster were asked to rank how often they used it for activities in six broad categories. The most popular results among cluster users were, in order:
For students who use the residence clusters, the top five suggested improvements that students say "would be great" to increase usefulness of residence clusters are:
Public Computing Spaces
Public Computing, a part of Student Computing, Residential Computing's parent organization, also provides central public computer clusters and study space in Meyer Lobby, Meyer 2nd Floor, Meyer Multimedia Studio, Meyer 24-study room and Tresidder LAIR. Consulting support is also provided at the Meyer Tech Desk by Consulting and Multimedia Services (CAMS), another part of Student Computing. Thirty-nine percent of students who answered the survey say they have used one of these spaces this year.
The top five most significant reasons for using the central public clusters are:
Students who do use the public clusters were asked to rank how often they used it for activities in six broad categories. The most popular results among cluster users were, in order:
For students who use the public clusters, the top five suggested improvements that students say "would be great" to increase usefulness of public clusters are:
For students who use the public clusters, the top five services that students say "would be great" to increase usefulness of public clusters if they were offered or enhanced in our public computing/study spaces:
The second floor of Meyer also houses the Multimedia Studio. Most students had learned about either through a friend (11%) or saw it on the 2nd floor (near Technical Services Desk) (37%), but a significant portion had not learned about it until the survey (49%). For those students who were aware of the multimedia studio and use it, they said they used it for image scanning (67%), image editing (26%), digital video editing (20%) and/or DVD burning (19%).
Notes:
* Residential Computing supports all graduate residences (Crothers, Crothers Memorial, Escondido Village, Lyman and Rains) with the exception of Schwab Residential Center. Schwab is supported by the Graduate School of Business.
Total Number of People Who Responded to Survey: 526.
1. What is your current residence?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Crothers (1) |
14 |
2.81% |
|
Crothers Memorial (2) |
13 |
2.61% |
|
Escondido Village (3) |
323 |
64.73% |
|
Lyman (4) |
36 |
7.21% |
|
Rains (5) |
109 |
21.84% |
|
Total who responded |
499 |
94.87% |
|
Average |
3.40 |
||
1. About how many times this year have you asked your RCC for computer related help or advice?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Never asked for help (1) |
254 |
56.57% |
|
Once (2) |
108 |
24.05% |
|
2 to 5 times (3) |
81 |
18.04% |
|
6 to 10 times (4) |
6 |
1.34% |
|
More than 10 times (5) |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Total who responded |
449 |
85.36% |
|
Average |
1.64 |
||
2. On average, how quickly does your RCC acknowledge your request for help?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Same day (1) |
88 |
19.73% |
|
24 hours (2) |
77 |
17.26% |
|
2 days (3) |
22 |
4.93% |
|
3-5 days (4) |
4 |
0.90% |
|
More than 5 days (5) |
2 |
0.45% |
|
Never received response (6) |
5 |
1.12% |
|
Never asked for help (7) |
248 |
55.61% |
|
Total who responded |
446 |
84.79% |
|
Average |
4.71 |
||
3. On average, how quickly have your computer related problems been resolved?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Same day (1) |
63 |
14.09% |
|
24 hours (2) |
66 |
14.77% |
|
2 days (3) |
47 |
10.51% |
|
3-5 days (4) |
15 |
3.36% |
|
More than 5 days (5) |
8 |
1.79% |
|
Never received response (6) |
5 |
1.12% |
|
Never asked for help (7) |
243 |
54.36% |
|
Total who responded |
447 |
84.98% |
|
Average |
4.85 |
||
Sometimes it may take a longer time to resolve issues. If your
RCC took more than 2 days to resolve your problems, based on your
understanding, do you think your RCC's response time was reasonable?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Yes (1) |
167 |
87.43% |
|
No (2) |
24 |
12.57% |
|
Total who responded |
191 |
36.31% |
|
Average |
1.13 |
||
4. How would you rate your RCC's knowledge?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Excellent (1) |
84 |
18.96% |
|
Good (2) |
74 |
16.70% |
|
Fair (3) |
13 |
2.93% |
|
Poor (4) |
0 |
0.00% |
|
No opinion (5) |
272 |
61.40% |
|
Total who responded |
443 |
84.22% |
|
Average |
3.68 |
||
5. How would you rate your RCC's willingness to help?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Excellent (1) |
118 |
26.46% |
|
Good (2) |
66 |
14.80% |
|
Fair (3) |
14 |
3.14% |
|
Poor (4) |
3 |
0.67% |
|
No opinion (5) |
245 |
54.93% |
|
Total who responded |
446 |
84.79% |
|
Average |
3.43 |
||
6. How would you rate your RCC's availability?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Always available (1) |
73 |
16.40% |
|
Usually available (2) |
109 |
24.49% |
|
Usually not available (3) |
13 |
2.92% |
|
Never available (4) |
2 |
0.45% |
|
Never asked for help (5) |
248 |
55.73% |
|
Total who responded |
445 |
84.60% |
|
Average |
3.55 |
||
7. How would you rate your RCC's educational efforts (through email, phone, and in-person)?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Excellent (1) |
74 |
16.63% |
|
Good (2) |
64 |
14.38% |
|
Fair (3) |
14 |
3.15% |
|
Poor (4) |
11 |
2.47% |
|
No opinion (5) |
282 |
63.37% |
|
Total who responded |
445 |
84.60% |
|
Average |
3.82 |
||
8. Overall, how satisfied are you with your RCC?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Very satisfied (1) |
108 |
24.22% |
|
Satisfied (2) |
98 |
21.97% |
|
Somewhat dissatisfied (3) |
14 |
3.14% |
|
Dissatisfied (4) |
5 |
1.12% |
|
No opinion (5) |
221 |
49.55% |
|
Total who responded |
446 |
84.79% |
|
Average |
3.30 |
||
9. How do you prefer to make a request to get technical help? Please rank the following ways of requesting technical help (assuming all were available):
1.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Email (1) |
284 |
64.84% |
|
In person (2) |
22 |
5.02% |
|
Phone (3) |
43 |
9.82% |
|
Webpage (4) |
89 |
20.32% |
|
Total who responded |
438 |
83.27% |
|
Average |
1.86 |
||
2.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Email (1) |
115 |
27.91% |
|
In person (2) |
54 |
13.11% |
|
Phone (3) |
94 |
22.82% |
|
Webpage (4) |
149 |
36.17% |
|
Total who responded |
412 |
78.33% |
|
Average |
2.67 |
||
3.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Email (1) |
29 |
7.71% |
|
In person (2) |
96 |
25.53% |
|
Phone (3) |
173 |
46.01% |
|
Webpage (4) |
78 |
20.74% |
|
Total who responded |
376 |
71.48% |
|
Average |
2.80 |
||
4.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Email (1) |
7 |
1.94% |
|
In person (2) |
209 |
57.89% |
|
Phone (3) |
72 |
19.94% |
|
Webpage (4) |
73 |
20.22% |
|
Total who responded |
361 |
68.63% |
|
Average |
2.58 |
||
10. How do you prefer to receive technical help, after you've made a request for help? Please rank the following ways of receiving help (assuming all were available):
1.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Email (1) |
234 |
53.79% |
|
In person (2) |
120 |
27.59% |
|
Phone (3) |
58 |
13.33% |
|
Webpage (4) |
23 |
5.29% |
|
Total who responded |
435 |
82.70% |
|
Average |
1.70 |
||
2.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Email (1) |
80 |
19.42% |
|
In person (2) |
91 |
22.09% |
|
Phone (3) |
153 |
37.14% |
|
Webpage (4) |
88 |
21.36% |
|
Total who responded |
412 |
78.33% |
|
Average |
2.60 |
||
3.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Email (1) |
92 |
24.80% |
|
In person (2) |
98 |
26.42% |
|
Phone (3) |
132 |
35.58% |
|
Webpage (4) |
49 |
13.21% |
|
Total who responded |
371 |
70.53% |
|
Average |
2.37 |
||
4.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Email (1) |
15 |
4.23% |
|
In person (2) |
91 |
25.63% |
|
Phone (3) |
45 |
12.68% |
|
Webpage (4) |
204 |
57.46% |
|
Total who responded |
355 |
67.49% |
|
Average |
3.23 |
||
11. How useful to you, currently, are the following sources of technical or computing help, on a scale of 1 (not useful at all) to 6 (very useful)?
1 (not useful at all) (1) |
2 (2) |
3 (3) |
4 (4) |
5 (5) |
6 (very useful) (6) |
Total who responded |
Average | |
Other students |
35 |
38 |
65 |
86 |
110 |
94 |
428 |
4.12 |
RCCs |
51 |
44 |
79 |
93 |
86 |
71 |
424 |
3.78 |
Academic department tech support |
59 |
49 |
95 |
94 |
69 |
48 |
414 |
3.50 |
Stanford Campus Help Desk (5-HELP or HelpSU) |
77 |
49 |
89 |
99 |
64 |
36 |
414 |
3.32 |
Residential Computing website |
43 |
51 |
95 |
111 |
85 |
41 |
426 |
3.63 |
Other Stanford websites |
60 |
54 |
108 |
102 |
63 |
25 |
412 |
3.31 |
Non-Stanford websites (Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc.) |
15 |
22 |
62 |
108 |
124 |
88 |
419 |
4.36 |
Local computer store (including Stanford Bookstore) |
136 |
83 |
93 |
55 |
25 |
20 |
412 |
2.54 |
Books or manuals |
84 |
78 |
104 |
83 |
36 |
30 |
415 |
3.00 |
Other (if applicable; please specify in question 13) |
71 |
13 |
25 |
15 |
10 |
15 |
149 |
2.50 |
1. Which of the following devices do you have? (Please select all that apply.)
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Windows PC desktop/tower (1) |
122 |
29.68% |
|
Windows PC laptop (2) |
314 |
76.40% |
|
Apple Macintosh desktop/tower/iMac (3) |
15 |
3.65% |
|
Apple Macintosh laptop (4) |
85 |
20.68% |
|
Unix or Linux computer (5) |
47 |
11.44% |
|
Smart phone or PDA (BlackBerry, Treo, etc.) (6) |
24 |
5.84% |
|
Printer - inkjet (7) |
157 |
38.20% |
|
Printer - laser (8) |
71 |
17.27% |
|
Scanner (9) |
82 |
19.95% |
|
Digital camera (dedicated device, or in cell phone) (10) |
271 |
65.94% |
|
Video camera/camcorder (dedicated device only) (11) |
34 |
8.27% |
|
TV (12) |
175 |
42.58% |
|
Game console (XBox, PlayStation, etc.) (13) |
50 |
12.17% |
|
TiVo or other DVR (Digital Video Recorder) (14) |
22 |
5.35% |
|
iPod portable music player (15) |
157 |
38.20% |
|
Other (not iPod) portable music player (16) |
63 |
15.33% |
|
Wireless access point or router (WiFi) (17) |
86 |
20.92% |
|
USB key/thumb drive (18) |
260 |
63.26% |
|
External hard drive (19) |
149 |
36.25% |
|
Total who responded |
411 |
78.14% |
|
Average |
54.49 |
||
2. How many personal computers (desktop or laptop) do you have with you on campus? (Note: if your answer to this question is 0 (zero), please skip to question 6.)
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
0 (1) |
2 |
0.49% |
|
1 (2) |
214 |
52.20% |
|
2 (3) |
149 |
36.34% |
|
3 (4) |
34 |
8.29% |
|
4 or more (5) |
11 |
2.68% |
|
Total who responded |
410 |
77.95% |
|
Average |
2.60 |
||
3. About how many total hours per day, on average, do you use your personal computer(s) (NOT public or cluster computers)?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Less than 2 hours (1) |
6 |
1.47% |
|
2 to 4 hours (2) |
77 |
18.87% |
|
4 to 6 hours (3) |
94 |
23.04% |
|
6 to 8 hours (4) |
97 |
23.77% |
|
More than 8 hours (5) |
134 |
32.84% |
|
Total who responded |
408 |
77.57% |
|
Average |
3.68 |
||
4. Please rank how often you use your personal computer(s) (not public or cluster computers) for the following activities. Don't rank activities in which you don't participate.
1.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
ACADEMICS (any course related computer or Internet use) (1) |
293 |
71.81% |
|
INFORMATION (online news, jobs, travel, medical, etc.) (2) |
57 |
13.97% |
|
SOCIAL INTERACTION (Facebook, instant messaging, social email, etc.) (3) |
37 |
9.07% |
|
ENTERTAINMENT (online music, video, gaming, hobbies, etc.) (4) |
20 |
4.90% |
|
COMMERCE (online shopping, banking, investing, auctions, etc.) (5) |
1 |
0.25% |
|
Total who responded |
408 |
77.57% |
|
Average |
1.48 |
||
2.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
ACADEMICS (any course related computer or Internet use) (1) |
66 |
16.46% |
|
INFORMATION (online news, jobs, travel, medical, etc.) (2) |
226 |
56.36% |
|
SOCIAL INTERACTION (Facebook, instant messaging, social email, etc.) (3) |
65 |
16.21% |
|
ENTERTAINMENT (online music, video, gaming, hobbies, etc.) (4) |
33 |
8.23% |
|
COMMERCE (online shopping, banking, investing, auctions, etc.) (5) |
11 |
2.74% |
|
Total who responded |
401 |
76.24% |
|
Average |
2.24 |
||
3.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
ACADEMICS (any course related computer or Internet use) (1) |
38 |
9.57% |
|
INFORMATION (online news, jobs, travel, medical, etc.) (2) |
73 |
18.39% |
|
SOCIAL INTERACTION (Facebook, instant messaging, social email, etc.) (3) |
158 |
39.80% |
|
ENTERTAINMENT (online music, video, gaming, hobbies, etc.) (4) |
84 |
21.16% |
|
COMMERCE (online shopping, banking, investing, auctions, etc.) (5) |
44 |
11.08% |
|
Total who responded |
397 |
75.48% |
|
Average |
3.06 |
||
4.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
ACADEMICS (any course related computer or Internet use) (1) |
10 |
2.81% |
|
INFORMATION (online news, jobs, travel, medical, etc.) (2) |
36 |
10.11% |
|
SOCIAL INTERACTION (Facebook, instant messaging, social email, etc.) (3) |
62 |
17.42% |
|
ENTERTAINMENT (online music, video, gaming, hobbies, etc.) (4) |
137 |
38.48% |
|
COMMERCE (online shopping, banking, investing, auctions, etc.) (5) |
111 |
31.18% |
|
Total who responded |
356 |
67.68% |
|
Average |
3.85 |
||
5.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
ACADEMICS (any course related computer or Internet use) (1) |
3 |
1.02% |
|
INFORMATION (online news, jobs, travel, medical, etc.) (2) |
6 |
2.03% |
|
SOCIAL INTERACTION (Facebook, instant messaging, social email, etc.) (3) |
41 |
13.90% |
|
ENTERTAINMENT (online music, video, gaming, hobbies, etc.) (4) |
70 |
23.73% |
|
COMMERCE (online shopping, banking, investing, auctions, etc.) (5) |
175 |
59.32% |
|
Total who responded |
295 |
56.08% |
|
Average |
4.38 |
||
5. Do you regularly (once a week or more) use your laptop, if you have one, in the following locations?
Yes (1) |
No (2) |
Total who responded |
Average | |
Classrooms |
157 |
229 |
386 |
1.59 |
Meyer |
49 |
328 |
377 |
1.87 |
Green Library |
82 |
294 |
376 |
1.78 |
Other libraries |
97 |
280 |
377 |
1.74 |
Tresidder Computer Center ("LAIR") |
26 |
350 |
376 |
1.93 |
Tresidder elsewhere |
50 |
328 |
378 |
1.87 |
Graduate Community Center |
67 |
310 |
377 |
1.82 |
Department or administrative offices |
131 |
249 |
380 |
1.66 |
Campus outdoor areas (White Plaza, Quad, etc.) |
83 |
291 |
374 |
1.78 |
Your room/residence on campus |
344 |
42 |
386 |
1.11 |
Other students' rooms/residences |
118 |
257 |
375 |
1.69 |
Residence computer cluster |
36 |
341 |
377 |
1.90 |
Other residential common spaces (lounge etc.) |
57 |
319 |
376 |
1.85 |
Dining room |
32 |
342 |
374 |
1.91 |
Residential outdoor areas (courtyard, lawn, etc.) |
71 |
308 |
379 |
1.81 |
6. Have you participated in the following activities this year as part of a Stanford course?
Yes (1) |
No (2) |
Total who responded |
Average | |
Class-related blog |
45 |
351 |
396 |
1.89 |
Class-related wiki |
56 |
341 |
397 |
1.86 |
Class-created website other than blog, wiki, or CourseWork site |
105 |
293 |
398 |
1.74 |
Class-related podcast |
12 |
383 |
395 |
1.97 |
Class-related computer game |
11 |
386 |
397 |
1.97 |
Class-related simulation or virtual world (e.g. Second Life) |
18 |
377 |
395 |
1.95 |
7. Outside of your course work, do you participate regularly (once a week or more) in the following activities?
Yes (1) |
No (2) |
Total who responded |
Average | |
Read blogs |
206 |
194 |
400 |
1.48 |
Comment on blogs |
76 |
321 |
397 |
1.81 |
Write in my own blog |
64 |
328 |
392 |
1.84 |
Edit a wiki page |
38 |
356 |
394 |
1.90 |
Upload content to photo- or video-sharing site(s) (Flickr, YouTube, etc.) |
81 |
312 |
393 |
1.79 |
Use social networking site(s) (Facebook, MySpace, etc.) |
234 |
162 |
396 |
1.41 |
Maintain a personal web page other than a blog or social networking (e.g. Facebook) page |
93 |
305 |
398 |
1.77 |
Watch or listen to podcasts |
71 |
324 |
395 |
1.82 |
Create podcasts |
8 |
387 |
395 |
1.98 |
Play networked games (computer or console) |
36 |
358 |
394 |
1.91 |
Participate in online discussion forums |
78 |
317 |
395 |
1.80 |
Participate in simulations or virtual worlds (e.g. Second Life) |
11 |
381 |
392 |
1.97 |
8. In which of these (if any) social networking communities do you actively participate (i.e., use at least once a week, not just maintain an account and profile)? (Select all that apply.)
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
None (1) |
131 |
34.66% |
|
MySpace (2) |
48 |
12.70% |
|
Facebook (3) |
217 |
57.41% |
|
Friendster (4) |
18 |
4.76% |
|
Other (please specify below) (5) |
31 |
8.20% |
|
Total who responded |
378 |
71.86% |
|
Average |
2.92 |
||
9. From which of the following online music services (if any) have you paid for music? (Please select all that apply.)
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Apple iTunes Music Store (1) |
155 |
76.73% |
|
Yahoo! Music Unlimited (2) |
45 |
22.28% |
|
Napster (3) |
9 |
4.46% |
|
Rhapsody (4) |
7 |
3.47% |
|
MSN Music (5) |
4 |
1.98% |
|
Other (please specify below) (6) |
16 |
7.92% |
|
Total who responded |
202 |
38.40% |
|
Average |
2.06 |
||
10. Stanford on iTunes U provides access to a wide range of Stanford-related digital audio content via the iTunes Music Store at itunes.stanford.edu and itunes.stanford.edu/community/ and course-related content via CourseWork. How familiar are you with this service?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
I'm not aware of it (1) |
234 |
58.21% |
|
I'm aware but haven't used it (2) |
123 |
30.60% |
|
I've used it a little (3) |
42 |
10.45% |
|
I use it a lot (4) |
3 |
0.75% |
|
Total who responded |
402 |
76.43% |
|
Average |
1.54 |
||
11. How do you keep your personal computer(s) up-to-date and secure from viruses? (Please select all that apply.)
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Set administrator/login password on my computer (1) |
277 |
68.73% |
|
Periodically run Windows Update or Mac OS Software Update (2) |
182 |
45.16% |
|
Have Windows Update/Mac OS Software Update configured to run automatically (3) |
279 |
69.23% |
|
Periodically run Symantec/Norton AntiVirus or similar programs (4) |
188 |
46.65% |
|
Periodically update virus definition files (e.g. via LiveUpdate) (5) |
185 |
45.91% |
|
Have Symantec/Norton AntiVirus or similar programs configured to run automatically (6) |
249 |
61.79% |
|
Run Spy Sweeper, SpyBot or other anti-spyware software regularly (7) |
179 |
44.42% |
|
Run a software or hardware firewall, including those built into the newest versions of Windows XP and MacOS (8) |
181 |
44.91% |
|
Regularly read up on new security threats via the Web (or other means) (9) |
47 |
11.66% |
|
Use BigFix (10) |
71 |
17.62% |
|
Don't know if I do anything (11) |
8 |
1.99% |
|
Don't do anything (12) |
2 |
0.50% |
|
Other (please specify below) (13) |
13 |
3.23% |
|
Total who responded |
403 |
76.62% |
|
Average |
21.75 |
||
12. Did you know that file-sharing copyrighted content (music, movies, TV, books, games, etc.) without the permission of the rights holder violates both law and University policy?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
No (1) |
28 |
6.97% |
|
Yes; learned about this issue while at Stanford (2) |
70 |
17.41% |
|
Yes; learned about this issue before coming to Stanford (3) |
304 |
75.62% |
|
Total who responded |
402 |
76.43% |
|
Average |
2.69 |
||
13. Were you aware that Stanford will stop providing Internet services to students who receive multiple copyright complaints?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
No, not until now (1) |
203 |
50.50% |
|
Yes, already aware (2) |
199 |
49.50% |
|
Total who responded |
402 |
76.43% |
|
Average |
1.50 |
||
1. Have you used a residence computing space this year for any purpose (computer use, printing, study, etc.)?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Yes (1) |
149 |
36.61% |
|
No (2) |
258 |
63.39% |
|
Total who responded |
407 |
77.38% |
|
Average |
1.63 |
||
1. How often do you use your residence computer cluster?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Rarely (once or twice a quarter) (1) |
95 |
65.07% |
|
Regularly (at least once a month) (2) |
38 |
26.03% |
|
Often (more than once a week) (3) |
13 |
8.90% |
|
Total who responded |
146 |
27.76% |
|
Average |
1.44 |
||
2. For each item: is this a significant reason that you use your residence computing space?
Yes (1) |
No (2) |
Total who responded |
Average | |
Availability of general software (Web, email, Word) |
61 |
77 |
138 |
1.56 |
Availability of specialized software (Matlab, Mathematica, Photoshop, etc.) |
74 |
62 |
136 |
1.46 |
Multimedia production (scanning, video editing, etc.) |
49 |
86 |
135 |
1.64 |
Printing |
76 |
64 |
140 |
1.46 |
Study space away from room |
50 |
85 |
135 |
1.63 |
Availability of group/partner work space |
36 |
99 |
135 |
1.73 |
Workshop, course, section, or presentation space |
13 |
120 |
133 |
1.90 |
Social environment, atmosphere |
14 |
118 |
132 |
1.89 |
Other (please specify below, in the last question in this section) |
10 |
100 |
110 |
1.91 |
3. Please rank how often you use your residence computing space (NOT your personal computer if you have one) for the following activities. Don't rank activities in which you don't participate.
1.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
ACADEMICS (any course related computer or Internet use) (1) |
107 |
80.45% |
|
INFORMATION (online news, jobs, travel, medical, etc.) (2) |
13 |
9.77% |
|
SOCIAL INTERACTION (Facebook, instant messaging, social email, etc.) (3) |
4 |
3.01% |
|
ENTERTAINMENT (online music, video, gaming, hobbies, etc.) (4) |
4 |
3.01% |
|
COMMERCE (online shopping, banking, investing, auctions, etc.) (5) |
1 |
0.75% |
|
NON-COMPUTER ACTIVITIES (any non-computer academic or extracurricular activities, e.g. reading, study, meeting with other students, personal projects) (6) |
4 |
3.01% |
|
Total who responded |
133 |
25.29% |
|
Average |
1.43 |
||
2.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
ACADEMICS (any course related computer or Internet use) (1) |
13 |
19.12% |
|
INFORMATION (online news, jobs, travel, medical, etc.) (2) |
39 |
57.35% |
|
SOCIAL INTERACTION (Facebook, instant messaging, social email, etc.) (3) |
6 |
8.82% |
|
ENTERTAINMENT (online music, video, gaming, hobbies, etc.) (4) |
1 |
1.47% |
|
COMMERCE (online shopping, banking, investing, auctions, etc.) (5) |
1 |
1.47% |
|
NON-COMPUTER ACTIVITIES (any non-computer academic or extracurricular activities, e.g. reading, study, meeting with other students, personal projects) (6) |
8 |
11.76% |
|
Total who responded |
68 |
12.93% |
|
Average |
2.44 |
||
3.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
ACADEMICS (any course related computer or Internet use) (1) |
6 |
16.22% |
|
INFORMATION (online news, jobs, travel, medical, etc.) (2) |
10 |
27.03% |
|
SOCIAL INTERACTION (Facebook, instant messaging, social email, etc.) (3) |
10 |
27.03% |
|
ENTERTAINMENT (online music, video, gaming, hobbies, etc.) (4) |
2 |
5.41% |
|
COMMERCE (online shopping, banking, investing, auctions, etc.) (5) |
4 |
10.81% |
|
NON-COMPUTER ACTIVITIES (any non-computer academic or extracurricular activities, e.g. reading, study, meeting with other students, personal projects) (6) |
5 |
13.51% |
|
Total who responded |
37 |
7.03% |
|
Average |
3.08 |
||
4.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
ACADEMICS (any course related computer or Internet use) (1) |
4 |
17.39% |
|
INFORMATION (online news, jobs, travel, medical, etc.) (2) |
1 |
4.35% |
|
SOCIAL INTERACTION (Facebook, instant messaging, social email, etc.) (3) |
6 |
26.09% |
|
ENTERTAINMENT (online music, video, gaming, hobbies, etc.) (4) |
6 |
26.09% |
|
COMMERCE (online shopping, banking, investing, auctions, etc.) (5) |
2 |
8.70% |
|
NON-COMPUTER ACTIVITIES (any non-computer academic or extracurricular activities, e.g. reading, study, meeting with other students, personal projects) (6) |
4 |
17.39% |
|
Total who responded |
23 |
4.37% |
|
Average |
3.57 |
||
5.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
ACADEMICS (any course related computer or Internet use) (1) |
2 |
10.00% |
|
INFORMATION (online news, jobs, travel, medical, etc.) (2) |
0 |
0.00% |
|
SOCIAL INTERACTION (Facebook, instant messaging, social email, etc.) (3) |
2 |
10.00% |
|
ENTERTAINMENT (online music, video, gaming, hobbies, etc.) (4) |
5 |
25.00% |
|
COMMERCE (online shopping, banking, investing, auctions, etc.) (5) |
9 |
45.00% |
|
NON-COMPUTER ACTIVITIES (any non-computer academic or extracurricular activities, e.g. reading, study, meeting with other students, personal projects) (6) |
2 |
10.00% |
|
Total who responded |
20 |
3.80% |
|
Average |
4.25 |
||
6.
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
ACADEMICS (any course related computer or Internet use) (1) |
2 |
11.11% |
|
INFORMATION (online news, jobs, travel, medical, etc.) (2) |
1 |
5.56% |
|
SOCIAL INTERACTION (Facebook, instant messaging, social email, etc.) (3) |
2 |
11.11% |
|
ENTERTAINMENT (online music, video, gaming, hobbies, etc.) (4) |
2 |
11.11% |
|
COMMERCE (online shopping, banking, investing, auctions, etc.) (5) |
4 |
22.22% |
|
NON-COMPUTER ACTIVITIES (any non-computer academic or extracurricular activities, e.g. reading, study, meeting with other students, personal projects) (6) |
7 |
38.89% |
|
Total who responded |
18 |
3.42% |
|
Average |
4.44 |
||
4. How much would the following changes make the residence computing space more useful for you?
Not much/don't care (1) |
Would be OK (2) |
Would be great (3) |
Total who responded |
Average | |
More computers with general software (Web, email, Word) |
78 |
30 |
25 |
133 |
1.60 |
More computers with specialized software (e.g. Matlab, Mathematica, Photoshop) |
46 |
42 |
48 |
136 |
2.01 |
More multimedia production equipment (e.g. video editing, scanning, etc.) |
47 |
41 |
50 |
138 |
2.02 |
Color printing (where not available) |
50 |
38 |
52 |
140 |
2.01 |
More support for laptops or mobile devices (e.g., large external displays, laptop-friendly furniture, collaboration software) |
51 |
41 |
45 |
137 |
1.96 |
Better defined spaces for partner or group work |
55 |
41 |
39 |
135 |
1.88 |
Better defined spaces for individual study |
61 |
36 |
42 |
139 |
1.86 |
Other (please specify in the last question in this section) |
64 |
9 |
5 |
78 |
1.24 |
1. How much would the following changes make your residence computing space more useful to you?
Not much/don't care (1) |
Would be OK (2) |
Would be great (3) |
Total who responded |
Average | |
More computers with general software (Web, email, Word) |
162 |
45 |
31 |
238 |
1.45 |
More computers with specialized software (e.g. Matlab, Mathematica, Photoshop) |
106 |
59 |
77 |
242 |
1.88 |
More multimedia production equipment (e.g. video editing, scanning, etc.) |
103 |
68 |
68 |
239 |
1.85 |
Color printing (where not already available) |
105 |
63 |
72 |
240 |
1.86 |
More support for laptops or mobile devices (e.g., large external displays, laptop-friendly furniture, collaboration software) |
114 |
54 |
74 |
242 |
1.83 |
Better defined spaces for partner or group work |
124 |
53 |
64 |
241 |
1.75 |
Better defined spaces for individual study |
129 |
52 |
58 |
239 |
1.70 |
Other (please specify in question 2) |
88 |
10 |
11 |
109 |
1.29 |
1. Have you used a public computer cluster or study space this year in any of these locations: Meyer Lobby, Meyer 2nd floor, Meyer Multimedia Studio, Meyer 24-hour study room, or Tresidder LAIR?
Selected Choice/Response |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Yes (1) |
150 |
38.86% |
|
No (2) |
236 |
61.14% |
|
Total who responded |
386 |
73.38% |
|
Average |
1.61 |
||
2. More specifically, how often have you used the following public computing or study locations this year?
Never or rarely (once or twice a quarter or less) (1) |
Regularly (at least once a month) (2) |
Often (more than once a week) (3) |
Total who responded |
Average | |
Meyer Lobby (1st floor) |
298 |
41 |
24 |
363 |
1.25 |
Meyer 24-hour Study Room (1st floor) |
317 |
27 |
18 |
362 |
1.17 |
Meyer 2nd floor study/computing space |
311 |
28 |
21 |
360 |
1.19 |
Meyer Multimedia Studio (on 2nd floor) |
334 |
20 |
5 |
359 |
1.08 |
Tresidder Computer Center (LAIR) |
330 |
25 |
8 |
363 |
1.11 |
Green Library Group Study Rooms |
325 |
21 |
14 |
360 |
1.14 |
Green Library (other study or computer spaces) |
286 |
48 |
26 |
360 |
1.28 |
Graduate Community Center |
292 |
51 |
17 |
360 |
1.24 |
Academic department |
151 |
77 |
139 |
367 |
1.97 |
1. For each item: is this a significant reason that you use the public computing or study spaces in Meyer, Tresidder Computer Center, or Green Library?
Yes (1) |
No (2) |
Total who responded |
Average | |
Availability of general software (Web, email, Word) |
85 |
61 |
146 |
1.42 |
Availability of specialized software (Matlab, Mathematica, Photoshop, etc.) |
71 |
71 |
142 |
1.50 |
Multimedia production (scanning, video editing, etc.) |
57 |
85 |
142 |
1.60 |
General printing |
79 |
64 |
143 |
1.45 |
Wide-format or poster printing |
27 |
111 |
138 |
1.80 |
Study space away from residence |
90 |
51 |
141 |
1.36 |
Availability of group/partner work space |
67 |
76 |
143 |
1.53 |
Meyer TeamSpot |
16 |
122 |
138 |
1.88 |
Social environment, atmosphere |
48 |
94 |
142 |
1.66 |
Other (please specify below, in the last question in this section) |