Skip to main content

Table 2 Respondents to the password manager survey were asked to agree with each statement on a scale of 1 = “Strongly disagree” to 5 = “Strongly agree”

From: An investigation into users’ considerations towards using password managers

Statement

Users

Non-users

U test

Mean (med.)

Mean (med.)

U

Sig.

I am doing a good job of protecting my computer security

4.05 (4)

3.77 (4)

6241

0.005

I could do more to protect my accounts

3.56 (4)

3.68 (4)

7352.5

0.628

I do not have time to pay attention to security

1.96 (2)

2.09 (2)

7030.5

0.266

I do not feel my accounts are likely to be hacked

3.23 (3)

3.15 (3)

7100

0.472

I do not know where to get computer security advice

1.83 (2)

2.08 (2)

6603

0.084

I am knowledgeable about computer security

3.91 (4)

3.64 (4)

6469

0.031

I care about computer security

4.16 (4)

4.19 (4)

7297

0.625

I trust my computer

3.66 (4)

3.72 (4)

7315.5

0.58

  1. Average and median response rating for each group is shown along with the resulting U statistic and significance value of a Mann–Whitney U test comparing responses for each statement between the groups