2019 COS 109 Survey Results

Fri Sep 13 13:46:16 EDT 2019

Here are the survey results with about 38 responses out of about 44. Flaky because of transcription errors double counting, and people adding and dropping.

Your year:     senior 15, junior 5, sophomore 16, freshman 9 (from registrar)

Your major or likely or possible major:
    7 HIS, 6 ENG, 4 WWS, 3 PHI, 3 ART, 3 ANT, 2 UNK, 2 REL, 2 PSY, 2 ECO, 1 POL, 1 MOL, 1 MAE, 1 LIN, 1 EAS, 1 CLA, 1 AAS
    Derived from survey plus registrar data

Your life outside class, e.g., sports, music, theater, service, job, sleep, ...:
    Lots of all of the above, though good luck with the sleep part.

Your computer experience: a lot 3, some 12, a little 11, none 13

What kind of computer(s) do you have here? Windows PC 5, Mac 36, Raspberry Pi 1
    I think this is the highest percentage of Macs ever.

What kind of cell phone(s) do you have?     iPhone 36, Android 3
    Even higher than last year. "The real world" is maybe 3/4 Android.

Who is your cell phone provider?
    Verizon 15 AT&T 15, Sprint 1, T-Mobile 6, other 2

What three apps do you use most often on your phone?
    Instagram 24, messaging 20, Safari 11, Snap 10, Spotify 10, TWTR 7, lots of miscellaneous others.

What are your colleagues doing with their laptops when they aren't paying attention in class?
    social media 16, mail 16, shopping 11 (!!), homework for other courses 8, plus random games, videos, etc.

This is the first time I've asked this question; thank you for your insights into how your less engaged colleagues spend their class time.

Are there any topics you would especially like to hear about in class?
    Privacy and security were most frequently mentioned topics; we'll definitely talk about them. Other topics include cyber-whatever, big data, economic issues, societal effects, cloud computing, blockchain and bitcoin, programming.
We'll do bits and pieces of these, and news stories often trigger some discussion that wasn't planned.