© 2009, Dr. Bruce Klopfenstein and the University of Georgia.


Summary of responses in Round 2:
For every item in Round 2, please use the 5 point scale from 
1. Strongly Agree 
2. Agree 
3. Neutral
4. Disagree 
5. Strongly Disagree
The smaller the number on the left, the more panel members agreed with one another.
For example, the statement 3 has the smallest disagreement (what the statistic "standard deviation" measures).and the mean of 3.73 indicates the panel disagreed with the statement.
The larger the number on the left, the more panel members agreed with one another.
For example, the statement 11 has the largest disagreement (what the statistic "standard deviation" measures).
11. iTV applications will be developed to allow significantly more people to work more often from home, reducing the drive-time gridlock and air pollution of major urban areas in the U.S.
The mean for question #11 is 3.08 (Neutral) but the relatively large standard deviation shows that panel members were on both sides of this question.
Standard
Deviation Mean Round 2 statement
0.75 3.73 3: There are too many variables to predict how iTV will be used by PBS only 3 years from now (December 2011).
0.78 4 Question 6
0.83 1.92 20. It is possible to predict what the television industry will look like in 3 years (December 2011).
0.84 4.54 26. Wireless/mobile providers will be an acceptable substitute for existing cable or satellite television in 3 years (December 2011).
0.92 3.25 4: There are too many variables to predict how iTV will be used specifically by cable "information" networks like Discovery and The History Channel only 5 years from now (December 2013).
1 3.92 12. iTV will not have a significant application on 2-way video and audio in traditional K-12 and university education iTV 5 years from now (December 2013).
1 3.91 17. iTV use for gambling (e.g., remote betting on horse racing) will be legalized in three years (December 2011).
1.01 3.54 5: There are too many variables to predict how iTV will be used specifically by cable 'information' networks like Discovery and The History Channel only *3* years from now (December 2011).
1.04 4 8. By 2010, 50% of all U.S. television households will be daily users of advanced iTV (not including any iTV applications on the market today such as TiVo or Electronic Program Guides, EPG).
1.07 2.31 19. Local commercial television stations will be slow to roll out iTV services except in the largest markets.
1.07 2.08 30. iTV will only add to the fragmentation of TV viewing in family homes. (We are already nearly finished!)
1.14 3.92 18. iTV will replace cell phone text messaging (SMS) specifically on current and future interactive programs that incorporate text messaging today as a rudimentary audience polling device by December 2011, 3 years from now.
1.15 3.54 1: There are too many variables to predict what the home television environment will be only 5 years from now (December 2013).
1.15 2.54 13. Question: iTV will not impact the current, slow adoption of telecommuting to work within 5 years (December 2013). 
1.17 2.85 10. By the time iTV is in 25% of U.S. households, iTV-specific "T-commerce" services easily will double (200%) the current sales in dollars from direct response TV advertised products ("Bowflex" etc.).
1.17 3.15 23. Home shopping via iTV and remote control (e.g., Home Shopping Club and its many cousins) will be a "killer application" for iTV within 2 years (December 2010)..
1.18 4  2: There are too many variables to predict how iTV will be used only 3 years from now (December 2011).
1.18 3.33 29. iTV will bring families back to the living room by offering programs and/or services specifically directed at the family.
1.22 2.46 21. It is possible to predict what the television industry will look like in 5 years (December 2013).
1.22 2.54 22. A "killer application" for iTV will come from a complementary arrangement between the more mature, interactive, web-based sites (e.g., sports/ESPN.com) with its related iTV service.
1.27 4.08 27. iTV can succeed on its own without being dependent on Internet access to the home.
1.3 3 7: Streaming HDTV into the home will threaten the need for DVRs like TiVo within three years (December 2011).
1.34 2.54 14. iTV video-on-demand services will have a profound impact on audience viewing behavior away from the current system of advertising gluttony on most basic cable networks (e.g., 15 minutes or more of commercials per hour) within 4 years (December 2012).
1.35 2.85 15. Competition from other video sources will force local commercial TV stations to roll out iTV services rapidly.
1.39 2.54 16. iTV will have a significant impact on how both local and network newscasts are produced within 2 years (December 2010).
1.48 3.25 24. Little evidence (including past attempts at iTV that failed) exists to suggest that iTV will be rapidly adopted by home TV viewers once future services become available.
1.49 2.92 25. Wireless/mobile providers of video content will become viable in home TV viewing in 2 years (December 2010).
1.54 3.08 9. iTV and "Web 2.0" will remain two distinctively different media (for example, "lean forward for a computer user, and lean back for a TV viewer") 4 years from now (December 2012). 
1.59 3.08 11. iTV applications will be developed to allow significantly more people to work more often from home, reducing the drive-time gridlock and air pollution of major urban areas in the U.S.
Standard Deviation Mean Question

© 2009, Dr. Bruce Klopfenstein and the University of Georgia.