Figure 4: Percentage of Characteristics Noted Across NIDRR Grantees' Web Sites
Data are reported for 19 objective characteristics of Web sites. The percentage of NIDRR grantee Web sites that exhibited the characteristics is reported for 1997 and 1998. For 1998, the total number of grantee Web sites reviewed was 213; for 1997, the total number of grantee Web sites reviewed was 171.
Text and Graphics were observed in 98 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 70 percent in 1997.
Navigation Tools were observed in 89 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 78 percent in 1997.
Forms/Email were observed in 86 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and in 1997.
NIDRR was acknowledged in 70 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 57 percent in 1997.
Links to NIDRR Projects were observed in 51 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 23 percent in 1997.
Update Notice was observed in 41 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 51 percent in 1997.
Links to NIDRR were observed in 31 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 24 percent in 1997.
Copyright Notice was observed in 31 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 22 percent in 1997.
Search Engine availability was observed in 26 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 16 percent in 1997.
Disclaimer Notice was observed in 23 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 19 percent in 1997.
Access Icons were observed in 23 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 10 percent in 1997.
Animation was observed in 19 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 13 percent in 1997.
Text Only was observed in 19 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 31 percent in 1997.
Links with NCDDR were observed in 18 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 11 percent in 1997.
Interactive Dimensions (chat rooms, bulletin boards, etc.) were observed in 12 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 4 percent in 1997.
Frames were observed in 9 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 13 percent in 1997.
Audio was observed in 2 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and 4 percent in 1997.
Video was observed in 2 percent of grantee Web sites in 1998 and in 1997.
Graphics Only was not observed in grantee Web sites in 1998 or 1997.