1.The Pew internet and American Life Project conduct surveys to gauge how the internet and technology impact daily life of individuals, families and communities. In a recent survey Pew asked respondents it they thought that computers and technology give people more or less control over their lives. Companies that are involved in innovative technologies use the survey results to better understand their target market. One might suspect hat younger individuals would be more likely to think that computes and technology give them more control over their lives than older respondents. A subset of the data from this survey shows the mean ages of two groups of respondents, those who reported that they believed that computers and technology give them more control and those that reported less control.

Group N Mean Standard Deviation

More 74 54.42 19.65

Less 29 54.34 18.57