Colleen,
David Pattern wrote a note earlier about how hits usually are counted.
To quote:
== begin quote
Not sure how BB defines a hit, but for a normal web server each "hit"
occurs
when a web browser requests "something" from the web server. That
"something" could be a HTML page, a graphic, a sound file, a Flash file,
etc.
So, if a web page contains 10 unique images, then a user (with graphics
switched on in their web browser) would generate 11 hits (1 for the HTML
page, and 10 for the images) when they load that page.
Hits are a poor way of indicating usage, as you can artificially inflate
your hit count by adding extra images to a page (sneaky!).
== end quote
Cf. 'Re: "Hits" defined?' dd. 11/14/2002
Herta
Connor, Colleen wrote:
>I am currently evaluating a course based largely on use of the discussion
>board and want to include some information about access in my report.
>Although the patterns of access seem credible (regarding time, distribution
>over the week etc.) and have been checked with students own reporting of
>usage the volume of access is grossly exaggerated.
>I realise some students may be accessing the area and not actually
>contributing but does anyone know the exact explanation, i.e. just how are
>'hits' calculated?
>
>
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