caninf14
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Question Imagine you wanted to use the Web to find out information about a candidate for political office. What would you do? N. First site mentioned.
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[0]no specific search engine mentioned[1]yahoo[2]aol[3]cnn[4]msn[5]excite[6]google[7]webferret[8]lycos[9]altavista[10]usatoday[11]copernic[12]askjeeves[13]peoplefind.com[14]abc[15]msnbc[16]infoseek go[17]dogpile[18]snap[19]metacrawler[20]webcrawler[21]netscape[22]iwon[23]politics.com[24]homp page search engine[25]nbc[NA(d)]don't know[NA(i)]iap[NA(j)]I don't have a job[NA(m)]dk, na, iap[NA(n)]no answer[NA(p)]not imputable[NA(r)]refused[NA(s)]skipped on web[NA(u)]uncodeable[NA(x)]not available in this release[NA(y)]not available in this year[NA(z)]see codebook
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | no specific search engine mentioned | yahoo | aol | cnn | msn | excite | webferret | lycos | altavista | usatoday | copernic | peoplefind.com | abc | msnbc | infoseek go | dogpile | snap | metacrawler | webcrawler | netscape | iwon | politics.com | homp page search engine | nbc | don't know | no answer | Total | |
| 2000 | 1789 | 527 | 83 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 308 | 2817 |
| Total | 1789 | 527 | 83 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 308 | 2817 |