Raw Experimental Data


Note: Underlined times under the "Test" headings indicate that those tests were conducted without navigation bars.

Subject

Experience

Age

Connection

Browser

OS

Test #1

Test #2

Test #3

Back

Dummy

Nav Bar

Useful

Keep Them

1

2

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

68

38

27

No

No

Rarely

No

Do not care

2

3

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

145

43

191

Yes

Often

Often

Use search instead

Yes

3

4

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win95

248

67

203

Yes

Often

Ignored

Yes

Yes

4

3

18-30

T1

IE 4.x

Win95

110

148

Gave Up

Yes

Occasionally

Often

Use search instead

Yes

5

2

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

Gave Up

95

Gave Up

Yes

Often

Often

Yes

Yes

6

3

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

45

35

67

Yes

Occasionally

Often

Yes

Yes

7

2

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

33

17

Gave Up

Yes

Occasionally

Often

Yes

Yes

8

3

18-30

56K

Netscape 4.x

Win98

32

50

139

No

Rarely

Often

Yes

Yes

9

3

> 50

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win95

46

101

54

No

Rarely

Often

Yes

Yes

10

4

18-30

?

Netscape 4.x

Win98

Gave Up

34

88

No

Often

Often

Yes

Yes

11

3

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

34

35

23

No

No

Often

Yes

Yes

12

4

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win95

416

94

61

No

Occasionally

Rarely

Go to homepage instead

Do not care

13

4

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

22

54

44

No

No

Often

No

Yes

14

3

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win95

40

67

220

No

Occasionally

Often

Yes

Yes

15

3

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

Gave Up

67

Gave Up

Yes

Often

Often

Yes

Yes

16

2

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

Gave Up

41

52

No

Often

Not Used

Use search instead

Do not care

17

4

> 50

T1

Netscape 4.x

Mac

Gave Up

104

24

Yes

Often

Often

Yes

Yes

18

4

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

21

88

100

Yes

Rarely

Often

Yes

Yes

19

3

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

Gave Up

56

236

Yes

Often

Often

Yes

Yes

20

3

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Mac

Gave Up

94

Gave Up

Yes

Often

Not Used

Use search instead

Yes

21

2

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

318

70

Gave Up

Yes

Often

Often

Yes

Yes

22

4

18-30

T1

IE 5.5

WinNT 5

Gave Up

55

Gave Up

Yes

Often

Rarely

Go to homepage instead

No

23

2

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Mac

Gave Up

36

Gave Up

No

Often

Often

Yes

Yes

24

3

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

345

35

Gave Up

Yes

Occasionally

Rarely

Yes

Yes

25

4

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

WinNT

Gave Up

Gave Up

37

Yes

No

Ignored

Use search instead

Yes

26

4

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

48

45

50

No

Rarely

Often

Yes

Yes

27

4

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

114

81

84

No

Rarely

Ignored

Yes

Yes

28

2

18-30

Not Sure

Netscape 4.x

Win98

211

37

62

Yes

Occasionally

Not Used

Use search instead

Do not care

29

2

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

211

87

110

Yes

Occasionally

Rarely

Use search instead

Yes

30

2

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

49

37

198

No

Occasionally

Often

Yes

Yes

31

2

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

20

136

Gave Up

No

Occasionally

Rarely

Yes

Yes

32

2

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

Gave Up

60

47

Yes

Often

Often

Yes

Yes

33

4

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

209

32

64

No

Rarely

Rarely

Yes

Do not care

34

3

18-30

T1

IE 5.5

Win98

245

60

227

Yes

Often

Often

Yes

Yes

35

3

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

11

43

138

No

Rarely

Often

Yes

Yes

36

2

> 50

56K

Netscape 4.x

Mac

Gave Up

89

Gave Up

Yes

Often

Not Used

Use search instead

Do not care

37

4

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Linux

27

26

164

Yes

Occasionally

Often

Yes

Yes

38

1

18-30

?

IE 5.x

WinNT

67

160

Gave Up

No

Often

Ignored

Use search instead

Do not care

39

4

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Mac

Gave Up

69

183

No

Occasionally

Often

Yes

Yes

40

4

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

151

63

192

No

Rarely

Rarely

Yes

Yes

41

4

18-30

T1

IE 4.x

Win98

99

85

73

No

Rarely

Often

Go to homepage instead

Yes

42

2

18-30

56K

Netscape 4.x

Win98

Gave Up

116

117

No

Often

Often

Homepage

Yes

43

2

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win95

132

58

126

Yes

Often

Often

Yes

Yes

44

3

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

Gave Up

43

Gave Up

No

Often

Ignored

Search

Yes

45

4

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

42

24

Gave Up

No

Rarely

Often

Yes

Yes

46

2

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

Gave Up

104

172

Yes

Often

Not Used

Use search instead

Do not care

47

2

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

166

77

Gave Up

No

Often

Often

Yes

Yes

48

2

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

134

50

61

Yes

Rarely

Often

Yes

Yes

49

2

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

27

95

77

Yes

Rarely

Often

Yes

Yes

50

3

18-30

56K

IE 5.x

WinNT

Gave Up

32

39

Yes

Occasionally

Often

Yes

Yes

51

2

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

92

51

25

No

No

Rarely

Use search instead

Do not care

52

3

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

86

37

191

No

Rarely

Ignored

Use search instead

Do not care

53

2

18-30

28.8

IE 5.x

Win98

33

79

49

Yes

Rarely

Often

Yes

Yes

54

4

18-30

56K

IE 5.5

WinNT 5

78

41

73

Yes

Rarely

Often

Yes

Yes

55

2

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win95

Gave Up

56

Gave Up

No

Often

Often

Yes

Yes

56

2

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win95

Gave Up

68

Gave Up

Yes

Often

Ignored

No

Do not care

57

2

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

WinNT

Gave Up

52

108

No

Occasionally

Often

Yes

Yes

58

4

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

WinNT 5

Gave Up

84

210

Yes

Often

Rarely

Use search instead

Yes

59

2

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

164

44

46

No

Rarely

Often

Yes

Yes

60

3

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

Win98

110

24

20

Yes

Occasionally

Often

Yes

Yes

61

2

18-30

56K

IE 4.x

Win98

Gave Up

237

409

No

Often

Not Used

Use search instead

Do not care

62

4

18-30

28.8

IE 5.x

Win98

37

54

72

Yes

Rarely

Often

Search

Yes

63

2

18-30

?

Netscape 4.x

Win95

102

71

127

No

Rarely

Often

Yes

Yes

64

3

18-30

T1

IE 5.x

WinNT 5

Gave Up

93

42

No

Occasionally

Often

Use search instead

Yes

65

3

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

216

41

241

Yes

Occasionally

Often

Yes

Yes

66

4

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win98

22

54

67

No

No

Often

Yes

Yes

67

3

18-30

T1

Netscape 4.x

Win95

33

61

34

No

No

Often

Yes

Yes



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