Gender and Computers: Who uses computers, and how do they fe

             Briefly describe the computer center you observed.
             Business main lab room B-1012 consists of 29, 733Mhz computers, a black and white laser jet printers, a color ink-jet printer and, 2 photocopiers.
             2. How many men were using computers? How many women?.
             15 men and 11 women.
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             3. How many support staff were men? How many were women?.
             Two men.
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             4. Count the number of men and women engaged in word processing, email, surfing the web, programming, statistics, playing games.
             Activity Men Women.
             Word Processing 3 4.
             Email 4 4.
             Surfing the Web 5 3.
             Programming 2 0.
             Statistics 1 0.
             Playing Games 0 0.
             5. Are there any other observations that you find relevant?.
             Some people also using chat programs such as MSN Messenger and ICQ. Many people reading assorted web pages such as news, sports, music, and movies while working on other things. Also, many print jobs being sent to printers for school related purposes.
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             To obtain survey data, interview 6 people ( 3 men and 3 women) about their computer use, using the following questions.
             1. Tell me the different uses you have for computers (e.g., email, games, word processing, statistics, etc.). .
             2. How much time do you spend a week using a computer? .
             3. What is your most frequent use of computers? .
             4. Do you play video or computer games? If so, which ones? How often? .
             5. Are you planning (or do you have) a career that requires you to use computers? If so, what skills are needed? .
             6. How comfortable do you feel using computers? Would you say you are computer literate? Why? .
             Chart for the above questions.
             Person Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6.
             M1 Chat, email, music, movies, games. 20 hours Online gaming. Yes. .
             Unreal Tournament, Civilization. 4-5 times a week Yes.
             Accountant.
             Database entry, Simply Accounting, and Excel. Very comfortable. Yes.
             I have experience with many different programs and OS.
             M2 Research, email, surfing the web, music, movies, chat, games. 10 hours Email Yes.
             Flight Simulator, F1 2003, SimCity, and Hitman.