This web page has the answers to the eight "basic" questions from the statistics assignment, but not the required memo.  I did all eight in SPSS even though you were to use Excel for the first four.

Q1: Average length of time; Procedure = Frequencies

Notes
Output Created 23-FEB-2004 14:38:31
Comments
Input Data W:\courses\is208A\s04\web_data.sav
Filter <none>
Weight <none>
Split File <none>
N of Rows in Working Data File 50
Missing Value Handling Definition of Missing User-defined missing values are treated as missing.
Cases Used Statistics are based on all cases with valid data.
Syntax FREQUENCIES
VARIABLES=length
/STATISTICS=STDDEV RANGE MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN MEDIAN MODE
/ORDER= ANALYSIS .
Resources Total Values Allowed 18724
Elapsed Time 0:00:00.11

Statistics
Length (minutes)
N Valid 50
Missing 0
Mean 43.56
Median 35.00
Mode 87
Std. Deviation 29.91
Range 96
Minimum 3
Maximum 99

Q2: Users by domain; Procedure = Frequencies

Notes
Output Created 23-FEB-2004 14:40:06
Comments
Input Data W:\courses\is208A\s04\web_data.sav
Filter <none>
Weight <none>
Split File <none>
N of Rows in Working Data File 50
Missing Value Handling Definition of Missing User-defined missing values are treated as missing.
Cases Used Statistics are based on all cases with valid data.
Syntax FREQUENCIES
VARIABLES=domain
/PIECHART PERCENT
/ORDER= ANALYSIS .
Resources Total Values Allowed 18724
Elapsed Time 0:00:00.09

Domain

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid com 11 22.0 22.0 22.0
edu 6 12.0 12.0 34.0
gov 15 30.0 30.0 64.0
mil 8 16.0 16.0 80.0
net 5 10.0 10.0 90.0
other 5 10.0 10.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0 100.0

Pie chart

Q3: Clicks thru to any ad; Procedures = Recode, Frequencies

Notes
Output Created 23-FEB-2004 14:44:29
Comments
Input Data W:\courses\is208A\s04\web_data.sav
Filter <none>
Weight <none>
Split File <none>
N of Rows in Working Data File 50
Missing Value Handling Definition of Missing User-defined missing values are treated as missing.
Cases Used Statistics are based on all cases with valid data.
Syntax FREQUENCIES
VARIABLES=any_ad
/PIECHART PERCENT
/ORDER= ANALYSIS .
Resources Total Values Allowed 18724
Elapsed Time 0:00:00.13

Clicks to any ad (Y/N)

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Yes 32 64.0 64.0 64.0
No 18 36.0 36.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0 100.0

Pie chart

Q4: Usage by Start hour; Procedures = Compute (truncate function), Frequencies, Bar chart

Notes
Output Created 23-FEB-2004 14:50:53
Comments
Input Data W:\courses\is208A\s04\web_data.sav
Filter <none>
Weight <none>
Split File <none>
N of Rows in Working Data File 50
Missing Value Handling Definition of Missing User-defined missing values are treated as missing.
Cases Used Statistics are based on all cases with valid data.
Syntax FREQUENCIES
VARIABLES=start_hr
/BARCHART FREQ
/ORDER= ANALYSIS .
Resources Total Values Allowed 18724
Elapsed Time 0:00:00.06

Start hour

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 1 2 4.0 4.0 4.0
2 3 6.0 6.0 10.0
5 1 2.0 2.0 12.0
6 1 2.0 2.0 14.0
7 1 2.0 2.0 16.0
8 1 2.0 2.0 18.0
9 2 4.0 4.0 22.0
10 3 6.0 6.0 28.0
11 4 8.0 8.0 36.0
12 1 2.0 2.0 38.0
13 2 4.0 4.0 42.0
14 3 6.0 6.0 48.0
15 2 4.0 4.0 52.0
16 4 8.0 8.0 60.0
17 5 10.0 10.0 70.0
18 2 4.0 4.0 74.0
19 4 8.0 8.0 82.0
20 3 6.0 6.0 88.0
21 2 4.0 4.0 92.0
22 3 6.0 6.0 98.0
23 1 2.0 2.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0 100.0

Bar chart

Q5: Usage by Day Part; Procedures = Recode, Frequencies

 (Note: Good practice is to go back to the original data rather than base one calculated variable on another.)
Notes
Output Created 23-FEB-2004 14:58:18
Comments
Input Data W:\courses\is208A\s04\web_data.sav
Filter <none>
Weight <none>
Split File <none>
N of Rows in Working Data File 50
Missing Value Handling Definition of Missing User-defined missing values are treated as missing.
Cases Used Statistics are based on all cases with valid data.
Syntax FREQUENCIES
VARIABLES=day_part
/PIECHART PERCENT
/ORDER= ANALYSIS .
Resources Total Values Allowed 18724
Elapsed Time 0:00:00.16

Day Part

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Overnight 8 16.0 16.0 16.0
Day 22 44.0 44.0 60.0
Evening 20 40.0 40.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0 100.0

Pie chart

Q6: User domain vs. Accept cookie; Procedure = Crosstabs, looking at "row percentages"

Notes
Output Created 23-FEB-2004 15:02:09
Comments
Input Data W:\courses\is208A\s04\web_data.sav
Filter <none>
Weight <none>
Split File <none>
N of Rows in Working Data File 50
Missing Value Handling Definition of Missing User-defined missing values are treated as missing.
Cases Used Statistics for each table are based on all the cases with valid data in the specified range(s) for all variables in each table.
Syntax CROSSTABS
/TABLES=domain BY cookie
/FORMAT= AVALUE TABLES
/CELLS= COUNT ROW .
Resources Dimensions Requested 2
Cells Available 14563
Elapsed Time 0:00:00.13

Case Processing Summary

Cases
Valid Missing Total
N Percent N Percent N Percent
Domain * Accepted cookie (Y/N) 50 100.0% 0 .0% 50 100.0%


Domain * Accepted cookie (Y/N) Crosstabulation

Accepted cookie (Y/N) Total
no yes
Domain com Count 8 3 11
% within Domain 72.7% 27.3% 100.0%
edu Count 4 2 6
% within Domain 66.7% 33.3% 100.0%
gov Count 9 6 15
% within Domain 60.0% 40.0% 100.0%
mil Count 4 4 8
% within Domain 50.0% 50.0% 100.0%
net Count 1 4 5
% within Domain 20.0% 80.0% 100.0%
other Count 3 2 5
% within Domain 60.0% 40.0% 100.0%
Total Count 29 21 50
% within Domain 58.0% 42.0% 100.0%

Q7: User domain vs. Any ad; Procedure = Crosstabs (after recode), looking at "row percentages"

Notes
Output Created 23-FEB-2004 15:07:12
Comments
Input Data W:\courses\is208A\s04\web_data.sav
Filter <none>
Weight <none>
Split File <none>
N of Rows in Working Data File 50
Missing Value Handling Definition of Missing User-defined missing values are treated as missing.
Cases Used Statistics for each table are based on all the cases with valid data in the specified range(s) for all variables in each table.
Syntax CROSSTABS
/TABLES=domain BY any_ad
/FORMAT= AVALUE TABLES
/CELLS= COUNT ROW .
Resources Dimensions Requested 2
Cells Available 14563
Elapsed Time 0:00:00.18

Case Processing Summary

Cases
Valid Missing Total
N Percent N Percent N Percent
Domain * Clicks to any ad (Y/N) 50 100.0% 0 .0% 50 100.0%


Domain * Clicks to any ad (Y/N) Crosstabulation

Clicks to any ad (Y/N) Total
Yes No
Domain com Count 11
11
% within Domain 100.0%
100.0%
edu Count 3 3 6
% within Domain 50.0% 50.0% 100.0%
gov Count 9 6 15
% within Domain 60.0% 40.0% 100.0%
mil Count 3 5 8
% within Domain 37.5% 62.5% 100.0%
net Count 4 1 5
% within Domain 80.0% 20.0% 100.0%
other Count 2 3 5
% within Domain 40.0% 60.0% 100.0%
Total Count 32 18 50
% within Domain 64.0% 36.0% 100.0%

Q8: "Attractiveness" of ads; Procedures = Recode, Frequencies

 (Note: Question was somewhat poorly worded; the banner ad out-ranked any other ad, but not the other ads as a group.)
Notes
Output Created 23-FEB-2004 15:16:00
Comments
Input Data W:\courses\is208A\s04\web_data.sav
Filter <none>
Weight <none>
Split File <none>
N of Rows in Working Data File 50
Missing Value Handling Definition of Missing User-defined missing values are treated as missing.
Cases Used Statistics are based on all cases with valid data.
Syntax FREQUENCIES
VARIABLES=ad_distr
/BARCHART PERCENT
/ORDER= ANALYSIS .
Resources Total Values Allowed 18724
Elapsed Time 0:00:00.31

Statistics
Distribution of ads
N Valid 32
Missing 18

Distribution of ads

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Banner ad 11 22.0 34.4 34.4
2 8 16.0 25.0 59.4
3 7 14.0 21.9 81.3
4 6 12.0 18.8 100.0
Total 32 64.0 100.0
Missing 5 18 36.0

Total 50 100.0


Bar chart