Comments on: Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing Spurs Productivity

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:51:00 +0000

Correlation does not imply causation, but correlation *is* valuable. Finding out that something correlates is often the first step toward understanding the issue/problem.

And no, we didn’t sponsor the study

By: Christophe

Christophe — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:24:19 +0000

BS.
I worked in the banking industry where production is well monitored. I witnessed an internet control solution implementation vs free browsing : it increased the production by 4%.

Alex, did Neatorama sponsored the study?

By: Kalel

Kalel — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:23:20 +0000

Wow, imagine how productive we’d be if we let them surf the entire day!

By: Dandy

Dandy — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:20:15 +0000

…especially when neatorama offers views as this.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:15:41 +0000

Sigh… Say it with me everybody. Correlation does not imply causation.

The article didn’t the actual study, so I couldn’t be sure, but a survey such as this often fails to recognise the fact that both internet usage and productivity might be the result of a third factor. My guess would be age: younger people would both be more likely to use the internet and more likely to be familiar with the tchnology in the job. Maybe. As I say, I couldn’t see the actual data or anything.

By: infty

infty — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:08:41 +0000

yeah, but if i spend 20% of my time to increase my productivity (a measure of work done per hour surely) by 9%, then that still leaves a discrepancy?

or do they mean that i get 9% more work done than the guy who doesn’t read neatorama at the end of the day?