The Effects of Gender and Computer Access on Computer Literacy Scores among First Year Undergraduates
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Access to a computer is known to be associated with higher levels of computer literacy [5,8] and it has been found that the amount of time spent working with computers is significantly related to students' attitudes to working with computers [9]. The findings of an earlier study at City Polytechnic confirmed what has previously been established. This study took the form of a two part exploratory survey among 406 part time and full time first year students of four undergraduate degree programmes: BA Public and Social Administration (BAPSA), BA Teaching English as a Second Language (BATESL), BA Accounting (BAAC), and BA Information Systems (BAIS).The students were asked ten demographic questions and ninety questions designed to 1 Formerly at City University of Hong Kong
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