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1. Please answer the following question by selecting the 'Yes' or 'No' button: Do you have home internet access? Yes No Time taken: 2. How long have you had access to the internet? Secs
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Time taken: 4. How would you rate your skill as an internet user? Very advanced Advanced Average Basic Very basic Time taken:
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5. Which of the following do you regularly use the internet for? (You can select as many options as you like. If you would like to remove a selection you have made, click on it again to deselect it). E mail Finding information about things to buy Making purchases Entertainment Finding general information Educational courses Downloading music Discussion boards Real-time chat Time taken: Secs
6. Choose the option that most closely matches your opinion on the following statement: The advantages of the internet outweigh the disadvantages. Strongly agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree Time taken: Secs
7. Choose the option that most closely matches your opinion on the following statement: The internet is useful for buying products at a good price.
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8. Choose the option that most closely matches your opinion on the following statement: The internet is a bad influence on children
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9. Complete the following statement by choosing the number that most closely matches your opinion for each row: The internet is: 1 boring difficult risky useless 2 3 4 5 interesting easy safe useful Time taken: Secs
10. From the following list of potential disadvantages of the internet, choose the THREE which you consider to be the most serious. Then rank them by writing the numbers 1, 2 and 3 in the boxes. 1 = Most serious, 3 = least serious. It is expensive It is too slow It provides information that is mainly of poor quality
It offers too much information It wastes too much time It can expose the user's computer to virus attacks or hacking There are too many adverts and/or to much junk email There are often problems with broken links Time taken: Secs
11. Choose THREE adjectives that you think best describe successful websites? If you would like to change a selection you have made, click on it again to deselect it. Easy to use Attractive Functional Fast Well-known Colourful Dynamic Interactive Simple Varied Up-to-date Time taken: 12. What, in your opinion, are the three main advantages of the internet? Secs
University of Dortmund / Hong Kong Baptist University Professor Dr. Detlef Mller-Bling Professor Dr. Heinz Klandt Department of Economic and Social Sciences Faculty of Methods of Empirical Economic and Social Research Universitt Dortmund Associate Professor Wai-Sum Siu Department of Marketing Hong Kong Baptist University Inquiry of participants of the lecture "Introduction into methods of empirical economic and social research" Please answer the following questions completely. 1. I am My 2. gender is years old.
Male
I am going to 4. graduate as
MBA
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Originally, I wanted to major in something else than economics/social sciences but could not: Yes No.
7. Considering my academic experiences to date, I regret my decision of major studies: Yes No. Please answer the following questions, too, even if you are not (yet) self-employed. Please give only one answer for each question.
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Have you ever seriously thought about setting up your own business? Yes, briefly Yes, quite thoroughly Yes, but I dropped the idea Yes, I am determined to become self-employed in the future Yes, I am just starting to do so Yes, I have already set one up Yes, I was an entrepreneur but am no more
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Regarding your professional situation in general: I basically work as a student a clerk a scientific/technical employee a manager/executive an entrepreneur something else
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Regarding your professional independence: I am independent/self-employed (also part-time) I was independent/self-employed (also part-time) I plan to become independent/self-employed I have never been independent/self-employed, and I do not plan it
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Please give your personal opinion: treat each statement separately, and do not feel guided by prior statements. The statement is:
wrong (1) Unemployment should be fought rather by reducing working hours than by fueling the economy.
true (4)
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What are, were, or would be, your motives for setting up your own business? (Please evaluate each motive by clicking the appropriate button) not im- slightly portant import. (1) (2) Gain freedom of decision and action important (3) very import. (4)
Lead people
Family tradition
Investment/fortune
Public reputation
Frustrated as employee
Tax advantages
Taste of adventure
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Why do, would, have, you refrain(ed) from setting up your own business? not im- slightly portant import. (1) (2) Risks are too high important (3) very import. (4)
Political development
Tax burden
No start-up capital
Unstable income