Pye Tait - Information Technology Survey

The Pye Tait IT Poll

Win one of our top prizes in our IT Survey draw. The first prize is a £100 voucher to spend at Amazon, AND there are three other prizes of £50 vouchers also to be won. (**)

We're trying to get a better view of what people want and need where IT is concerned. So, if you are a computer user at home or at work, give us your answers to just fifteen simple questions and we'll enter you in our competition.

1. What age group do you fall into?

2. What gender are you?

Male Female

3. Where abouts do you live?

4. What sorts of computers do you use regularly?

Desktop at home
Desktop at the office
Server at home
Server at the office
Laptop
Palm-sized

Other (eg specialised one with my job), please state

5. Do you have a home network for two or more computers?

Yes No

6. Do you have a home media system computer (ie one that can stream video/audio to other appliances and control other home functions)?

Yes No

7. What programming languages do you know and use regularly?

BBC Basic
Visual Basic (incl .net)
C (any variant)
Fortran
Cobol
Java
Pascal
Perl
SQL

Other, please state

None

8. On a scale of 1 to 10 (where 1 is "I'm totally useless at this" and 10 is "I know how to do everything"), how good are you at the following types of computer tasks (just write in a number for each task):

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Maintaining the hardware itself
Keeping the computer secure from hackers, spyware and viruses
Using Windows Control Panel functions
Word-processing
Spreadsheets
Databases
Photo-editing
Video-editing
Designing websites
Setting up a wired network
Setting up a wireless network

9. If you needed to learn a new computing or hardware skill where would you turn to first for help?

A college course
A private course from the newspaper
A book on that specific subject
Computer magazines
The internet for helpful chat rooms or forums
A knowledgeable friend or relation

10. If you were ever to take up a course on a computing subject, which of the following would you most prefer?

A college-based day-time course
A college-based night course
A CD-based, distance learning course
An on-line course
A privately provided short course (one or two days)

11. Would you prefer...

A full time course over a fixed period
A course requiring one evening per week attendance
Something I can do in my own home at my own pace

12. How important would it be for you to have a certificate of course completion at the end of it?

Extremely important
Quite important
Neither here nor there
Unimportant

13. How important would it be for you to have a recognised qualification at the end of it?

Extremely important
Quite important
Neither here nor there
Unimportant

14. Do you use any specialist software at all?

Statistical packages (eg SPSS)
Web Design packages (eg Dreamweaver)
Market research packages (eg SNAP)
Advanced Graphics programs (eg Photoshop)
No, none of these

15. Do you hold any of the following qualifications in information technology?

European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
CLAIT
Edexcel qualification
City & Guilds qualification
GCSE (or equivalent)
A level
Higher National Diploma/Certificate
Degree (any level)

Please leave your name and email address if you wish to be included in our prize draw. Please note that all answers to the poll will be kept in strict confidence. The results will be used only in aggregated form; no names will be associated or published with any data. Unless you give permission, your email address will ONLY be used for the prize draw and for no other purpose. No email addresses provided in this survey will be sold or otherwise provided to third parties.

Your details:

Name
Email Address
Re-type Email Address
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(**) The prize is non-exchangeable and cannot be taken in cash. The draw will be made in the week following the conclusion of the survey. The names of the winners in the draw will be listed on the poll site in the following month.

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Pye Tait have been carrying out surveys and polls since 1991

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