An Analysis of Computer Skills Possessed by AFIT Class 89S/D
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis was to discover the level of computer knowledge incoming AFIT students possess. This information was attained through a mail survey before the incoming class arrived. Much of the information attained from the survey is presented using descriptive statistics. Five hypotheses were tested. The first two hypotheses attempted to correlate a respondent's college graduation date and birth date with computer knowledge. The third attempted to show a dependence between a student's program option and computer knowledge, and the fourth and fifth were tested to determine if the student's environment is dominated by a particular computer. The research found that there is a correlation between a respondent's graduation data and knowledge of a mainframe computer, but not between graduation data and a PC, and that there was no correlation between a respondent's birth date and computer knowledge. It was also determined that program options were not a good indicator of computer knowledge, and that MS-DOS computers dominate the home and work environment of incoming AFIT students. A recommendation was made to continue the research in order to provide the demographic information to the AFIT faculty responsible for the computer courses. Keywords: Microcomputers; Computer training; User needs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA201578
Entities
People
- Richard C. Lenz
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology