COMMON KNOWLEDGE: PITTSBURGH

COMPARISON OF ACCESS NUMBER IN WEB AND GOPHER

This table shows some comparisons between local and remote accesses to the CK:P Web and Gopher servers. We hope it will help people understand a little about patterns of usage and about which resources users find more helpful. We did not include all possible subject areas to compare, but focussed on Math and Science because we felt that a lot of K-12 Internet usage starts in those areas.

-- CK:P Assessment Staff

		 Comparison of Access Number in Web and Gopher
			    Sep. 1994 -- Dec. 1994

	1. Comparison of Total Web and Gopher Accesses

			Sep		Oct		Nov		Dec
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Total Web Access [1]   7587	       8039	                      37409
      	Local + SLIP   4757	       3657			       3714
	Remote         2830            4382			      33696

Total Gopher Access   21558	      24232	      22082	      20753
        Local + SLIP   6443            6800            5358            5050
        Remote        15115	      17432	      16724	      15703

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	2. Comparison of Web and Gopher Accesses to Specific Subjects


Web Accesses:
K12 Internet Resource   218             295 			       648 
(/k12/k12.html)       (2.87%)[2]      (3.67%)                        (1.73%)
	Local + SLIP  	106	        147  			       150
	Remote		112             148			       498

Gopher Accesses:
K12 Internet Resource  4700	       6417	      7183	      6719
(/net)		      (21.80%)	      (26.48%)	     (32.53%)        (32.38%)
	Local + SLIP   1091	       1467	      1172	      1130
	Remote	       3609	       4950	      6011	      5589    


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Web Accesses:
Math & Science	         30              47 			       149 
(k12/science.html)    (0.39%)         (0.58%)                        (0.39%)
	Local + SLIP     13	         14			         4
	Remote		 17		 33			       145

Gopher Accesses:
Mathematics	        752	        841            1191	       772
(/net/math)           (3.49%)         (3.47%)         (5.39%)        (3.72%)
	Local + SLIP	 89		 67	        118	        82
	Remote		663	        774	       1073	       690

Gopher Accesses:
Science		        230             436	        469	       329
(/net/science)        (1.07%)         (1.80%)         (2.12%)        (1.59%)
	Local + SLIP	 78	        156	        155	        89
	Remote		152	        280	        314	       240

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Notes:

[1] Since logfile in Web was turned over in the following time periods, the 
Web data were not collected in these periods. 
			Oct 22, 94 -- Oct 31, 94
			Nov 1, 94 -- Nov 30, 94
			Dec 1, 94 -- Dec 5, 94 and Dec 11, 94
[2] All percentages shown in parentheses are a percent of the total Web 
or Gopher access.