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CHI 2007, April 28May 3, 2007, San Jose, California, USA.
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Theoretical motivations
436
437
Independent Variables
Research Questions
Control variables
METHODS
438
Field
Description
Field
Description
Sex
93.8%
About Me
Open-ended field
59.8%
Status
Type of institutional
member
100.0%
Interests
Items separated by
commas become linked.
77.7%
Member Since
100.0%
Favorite Music
Same as above
78.2%
80.1%
100.0%
Favorite
Movies
Same as above
Last Updated
Favorite TV
Shows
Same as above
46.5%
Favorite Books
Same as above
66.9%
Favorite Quotes
73.8%
Political Views
60.9%
Referents Index
Dependent Variables
Interests Index
Field
Description
Hometown
83.3%
High School
87.1%
Residence
On-campus housing
information
45.1%
Concentration
89.5%
Field
Description
Relationship
Status
78.5%
Looking for
50.8%
Website
29.1%
Address
13.5%
Birthday
83.8%
AIM
67.8%
92.3%
439
report the average ratio of friend links from the same school
over all friendship links. This gives a rough measure of the
proportion of the user network that exists at the same
institution.
Profile field
Average
items
Median
items
Interests
6.5
Favorite Book
2.5
Mean
Std. Dev
Median
Same School
95
86
75
Favorite Movies
6.5
Other School
84
78
68
Favorite Music
8.8
Ratio
0.53
0.18
0.53
Favorite TV Show
2.1
About Me*
157
36
Analysis approach
Other
institutions
Undergrad
87
83
RESULTS
Alumnus/Alumna
45
33
Profile use
Grad Student
27
19
Faculty
29
Staff
14
Female
80
76
Male
73
63
Status
Sex
Friends links
440
Same
institution
Other
institutions
yes
no
Yes
no
High School
92
35
89
21
Favorite Music
83
37
75
33
AIM
100
50
93
52
Birthday
80
26
73
21
About Me
88
56
78
52
Profile field(s)
Same
institution
Other
Institutions
About Me
r=.13
r=.13
Interests
r=.21
r=.19
Favorites
r=.14
r=.15
Term
Intercept
-0.319
-14.71
<.001
Female*
0.042
10.02
<.001
Alumni
-0.045
-1.96
0.050
Faculty
0.027
0.40
0.688
Graduate
-0.201
-7.82
<.001
Staff
-0.230
-4.11
<.001
Undergraduate
0.449
20.28
<.001
Member since
-0.342
-78.62
0.000
0.174
40.20
0.000
Referents Index
0.193
35.32
<.001
Interests Index
0.079
16.77
<.001
Contact Index
0.103
22.98
<.001
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Theoretical Implications
DISCUSSION
Future Work
442
Design Implications
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Limitations
443
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