Statistics

I started the ICT course and also created my blog. I created this blog so I can easily record the work I complete during the year. I use a blog to record the work because it is a place I can easily access wherever I am as I only need the internet to access it.

Today I have been looking at the different search engines and comparing them to find out if each search engine produces the same results and to see which one produces the most results. The information and get from testing the searcg engines will helkp me which search engine to use in different circumstances. The three search engines I comapared were Google (https://www.google.co.uk/), Bing (http://www.bing.com/) and Askjeeves (http://uk.ask.com/?adt=0&o=312&l=dir). I have found out that each search engines come out with similar results, although they are in different orders. I also found out that Google produces the most results for each search.

I then went onto to the Office for National Statistics (http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/index.html) to find out the internet usage statistics in the UK. Baically what I found out is that as the age of the average person went up, the less time or internet usage they used. I also found out that the number of people who own computers and hgave internet access at home has also increased.

The graph below shows that internet usage differs between different age groups. It shows that the peak amout of internet usage used is between the ages of 35 and 44 years old. It also shows that the amount of internet usage increases up to the ages group 35 - 44 years old and then decreases as the age group increases.



http://www.ons.gov.uk/