CSG Dinner Survey – 10th Anniversary Edition
January 9, 2014
Reported by Jerry Grochow
(with valued assistance from Charlie Leonhardt)
With responses from:
Results from The 10th Anniversary Edition
“CSG Dinner Survey”
First initiated at the September 2004 CSG meeting at Harvard University as a paperand-pen survey manually tabulated at the Thursday night dinner (see
http://www.stonesoup.org/surveys/CSG_Job_Tenure_Survey-Sep_2004.pdf), the CSG Dinner
Survey has become a regular part of CSG meetings with automated survey collection,
computer generated statistics, and painstakingly researched and presented results,
both at dinner and after (see http://www.stonesoup.org/surveys/index.html). While initially
proposed by Jerry Grochow (then at MIT –was this just meant to be another prank on
Harvard?) as an after dinner activity, the survey has produced, many will agree,
interesting as well as humorous results and provides a longitudinal view of CSGers and
their views – as the following pages will show.
While I have organized most of the dinner surveys over the past 10 years, other notable
surveyors have filled in, including Greg Jackson and Charlie Leonhardt on several occasions.
Many others have participated “at the dinner table” (don’t sit with The Surveyor if you don’t
want to be a participant!) acting as auditor, accountant, bill collector and disbursing agent – thank
you all! While I will likely be present at some future CSG meetings, I graciously pass the mantle of
“The Surveyor” to the next person (TBD), may she long reign!
So long, and thanks for all the fish, Jerry Grochow
PaaS/IaaS use now (2014) and three years in the
future (2017)
#
Answer
Min Value
Max Value
Average
Value
Standard
Deviation
Responses
1
2014
0.00
90.00%
15.49%
18.18%
49
2
2017
0.00
95.00%
44.26%
21.66%
50
Based on what we said in January 2011 (below), we just seemed to have pushed
our thinking out by three years! 2014 usage is barely different than 2011 usage.
#
Answer
Min Value
Max Value
Average
Value
Standard
Deviation
Responses
1
2011
0
95
14.79%
18.72
47
2
2014
0
87
37.85%
20.30
47
Administrative SaaS use now (2014) and three
years in the future (2017)
#
Answer
Min Value
Max Value
Average
Value
Standard
Deviation
Responses
1
2014
0.00
100.00%
19.68%
22.18%
50
2
2017
0.00
100.00%
45.18
25.51%
50
We are doing a little more with Administrative SaaS now than in 2011 (on average
– but answers dispersed), and there is now one respondent 100% in the cloud, but
our estimates three years ago (below) of where we would be overall in 2014 were
high by 60%.
#
Answer
Min Value
Max Value
Average
Value
Standard
Deviation
Responses
1
2011
0
98
14.02%
20.44%
47
2
2014
1
94
32.60%
24.13%
47
SOCIAL NETWORKING for BUSINESS use now
(2014) and three years in the future (2017)
#
Answer
Min Value
Max Value
Average
Value
Standard
Deviation
Responses
1
2014
0.00
81.00%
12.56%
17.33%
50
2
2017
0.00
85.00%
27.65%
23.43%
51
We aren’t using any more social networking for business now than in June 2011.
Based on our estimating then, we are again optimistic about 3 years in the future!
#
Answer
Min Value
Max Value
Average
Value
Standard
Deviation
Responses
1
2011
0
100%
12.18%
25.16%
66
2
2014
0
91%
28.18%
23.30%
66
SOCIAL NETWORKING for PERSONAL use now
(2014) and three years in the future (2017
#
Answer
Min Value
Max Value
Average
Value
Standard
Deviation
Responses
1
2014
0.00
92.00%
35.64%
30.11%
50
2
2017
0.00
98.00%
46.28%
32.26%
50
Triple our business use, but about the same as it was in 2011. Again, our estimate
for the future is pushed out by 3 years.
#
Answer
Min Value
Max Value
Average
Value
Standard
Deviation
Responses
1
2011
0
91%
33.55%
27.92%
66
2
2014
0
100%
49.82%
29.72%
66
Years you have you been at your current
institution
Min Value
Max Value
Mean
Std Deviation
Total
Responses
0.02
39
15.19
11.98
51
September 2004 Survey: we haven’t changed much in 10 years!
#
Answer
Min Value
Max Value
Average Value
Standard
Deviation
1
Years at current institution
(decimals allowed)
0.1
39
15.2
10.65
How many university presidents have you served
under during your career in higher education?
#
Answer
Responses
%
1
1
4
8%
2
2
4
8%
3
3
9
18%
4
4
13
25%
5
5
7
14%
6
6
4
8%
7
7
4
8%
8
8
2
4%
9
9
0
0%
10
>9
4
8%
Statistic
Value
Mean
4.59
Variance
5.57
Standard Deviation
2.36
Total Responses
51
How many telephones numbers do you have
currently (total landline, cellphone, virtual,
offices, homes, etc.)?
#
Answer
Response
%
1
1
0
0%
2
2
5
10%
3
3
17
33%
4
4
13
25%
5
5
10
20%
6
6
2
4%
7
7
0
0%
8
8
1
2%
9
9
0
0%
10
>9
3
6%
Total
51
100%
How many telephones numbers do you have
currently (total landline, cellphone, virtual,
offices, homes, etc.)?
Statistic
Value
Min Value
2
Max Value
10
Mean
4.18
Variance
3.55
Standard Deviation
1.88
Total Responses
51
January 2011 responses:
Statistic
Value
Min Value
2
Max Value
10
Mean
4.69
Variance
4.13
Standard Deviation
2.03
Total Responses
45
Ranking of five key companies (individually determined
criteria with 1= best, 5= worst)
Statistic
Apple
Dell
Facebook
Google
Microsoft
Min Value
1
1
1
1
1
Max Value
5
5
5
5
5
Mean
2.34
3.94
3.70
1.82
3.20
Variance
1.17
1.45
1.60
1.21
1.47
Standard
Deviation
1.08
1.20
1.27
1.10
1.21
Total Responses
50
50
50
50
50
1.96
3.78
3.90
2.10
3.26
2.12
3.89
3.75
1.91
3.32
1.63
4.00
3.90
2.15
3.31
2.00
3.91
3.52
2.08
3.50
2.36
3.83
3.81
1.93
3.07
September 2013
Mean
May 2013
Mean
Jan 2012
Mean
June 2011
Mean
January 2011
Mean
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