The following survey is the FIRST in a series of short surveys and questionnaires, aimed at understanding how users search for information on the World-wide Web, and how they feel about both their search methods and the resulting information they find.  NOTE: You must register yourself as a member of the user-group for this PhD project research BEFORE you attempt any of the surveys or questionnaires.  You will be assigned a username to use in the surveys
TAM Survey: Information Retrieval & the World-wide Web
....Before you Begin....
Fill in the Assigned Username and Registered e-mail fields to validate your results
  Assigned Username: 
    This is the Username that was sent to you when
you first registered.  It is used to validate all your
survey/questionnaire results
   
  forgotten your username? email s.knight@ecu.edu.au,
providing the email address you registered with. Your username will be sent out to you ASAP.
  Registered e-mail: 
    Use the same email address as when you first
registered.  This is used to validate your identity
and survey/questionnaire results.
 
A quick explanation of TAM type surveys.  TAM surveys are written in the future tense because their purpose is to quantify a user's expectations in specific scenarios.  Therefore, "Using the World-wide web would enable me to..." does not imply that you ~ as the user ~ do not use the the WWW, but instead means "I expect that using the World-wide Web would enable me to...."  Your expectations are said to be arrived at by your past interactions with the scenario being examined.
Perceived Usefulness
 
Question 1:
Using the World-wide web would enable me to accomplish research related tasks more quickly
  Extremely Likely
Quite Likely
Slightly Likely
Neither
Slightly Unlikely
Quite Unlikely
Extremely Unlikely
 
 
Question 2:
Using the World-wide web would improve my research results and performance
  Extremely Likely
Quite Likely
Slightly Likely
Neither
Slightly Unlikely
Quite Unlikely
Extremely Unlikely
 
 
Question 3:
Using the World-wide web would increase my productivity
  Extremely Likely
Quite Likely
Slightly Likely
Neither
 Slightly Unlikely
 Quite Unlikely
 Extremely Unlikely
 
 
Question 4:
Using the World-wide web would enhance my effectiveness as a researcher
  Extremely Likely
Quite Likely
Slightly Likely
 Neither
Slightly Unlikely
Quite Unlikely
Extremely Unlikely
 
 
Question 5:
Using the World-wide web would make it easier for me to do my research
  Extremely Likely
Quite Likely
Slightly Likely
Neither
Slightly Unlikely
Quite Unlikely
Extremely Unlikely
 
     
 
Question 6:
I would find access to the World-wide web useful for my research
  Extremely Likely
Quite Likely
Slightly Likely
Neither
Slightly Unlikely
Quite Unlikely
Extremely Unlikely
 
     
Perceived Ease of Use
 
Question 7:
Learning to find information on the World-wide web would be easy for me
  Extremely Likely
Quite Likely
Slightly Likely
Neither
Slightly Unlikely
Quite Unlikely
Extremely Unlikely
 
 
Question 8:
I would find it easy to locate information I am looking for on the World-wide web
  Extremely Likely
Quite Likely
Slightly Likely
Neither
Slightly Unlikely
Quite Unlikely
Extremely Unlikely
 
 
Question 9:
My interactions with information on WWW Websites would be clear and understandable
  Extremely Likely
Quite Likely
Slightly Likely
Neither
Slightly Unlikely
Quite Unlikely
Extremely Unlikely
 
 
Question 10:
I would find the World-wide web flexible to interact with
  Extremely Likely
Quite Likely
Slightly Likely
Neither
Slightly Unlikely
Quite Unlikely
Extremely Unlikely
 
 
Question 11:
It would be easy for me to become skillful at using the World-wide web
  Extremely Likely
Quite Likely
Slightly Likely
Neither
Slightly Unlikely
Quite Unlikely
Extremely Unlikely
 
     
 
Question 12:
I would find World-wide web technologies easy to use
  Extremely Likely
Quite Likely
Slightly Likely
Neither
Slightly Unlikely
Quite Unlikely
Extremely Unlikely
 
 
  Please check that you have answered all the questions marked
with a and then click on the "Submit Survey" button below
 
 



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