Does the Use of Social Media

Affect Grades?
Nicole Abbott
Chad Parkening
Stephanie Carrasco
 Introduction
We decided to survey people regarding how much time they spend
on social media & how that affects their grades. The questions broke
up the answers into categories such as; gender, age, college, etc..
The two main questions asked how much time they spend on social
media and homework per week
We received 126 responses from students in different colleges and
years
 Survey Questions asked
1. What is your gender?
2. What year in college are you?
3. What is your age?
4. In which college are you enrolled?
5. What is your GPA average?
6. How much time do you spend on homework per week?
7. How much time do you spend on social media altogether per week?
 Gender
There were 95 female
students in the survey
There were 31 male
students in the survey
 Year In College
Over half of the students surveyed were freshmen.
Probability student is a
Freshmen: 65 students
Sophomore: 28 students
Junior: 25 students
Senior: 8 students
 Age
Almost 80% of the students were between 17 and 21
The lowest range was 27-31 years old (2 people)
Probability
 GPA Average
1. 34% of the students surveyed have a 3.5 GPA or higher
2. 71% of students have a 3.1 or higher
 College
41% were from the Mary
Lou Fulton Teachers
College (52 students)
24% of the students
surveyed were in Liberal
Arts
12% were from the
College of Public Service
and Community
Solutions
 Chart for Social Media
About 40% of the students surveyed use social media for 6 hours or
more.
 Homework
A quarter of students surveyed spend 5-6 hours on their homework
per week.
The majority spent more than

6 hours on homework (32%)

 Social Media vs. Homework
1. On average, more people spend over 6 hours on social media than on
homework per week.
2. More people spend 3-4 hours on homework than on social media
 Results(analyze)
With 126 responses to our survey, we concluded:

1. Most of the students surveyed had a 3.1 GPA or higher (71% of the
students)
2. Students spend an average of 3.7 hours a week on their homework
and about 3.9 hours a week on social media.
3. More people spend over 6 hours on social media (51) than on their
homework (41) per week.
4. There is no correlation with social media negatively affecting
students grades.
 Questions

Any questions or comments?

 References
Twitter: https://pixabay.com/en/photos/twitter/?image_type=vector
Instagram:
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Snapchat:
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Light Bulb:
http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=1552
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Arizona State Univeristy:
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 References Cont.
Google Form:
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Magnifying Glass:
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Books: https://pixabay.com/en/photos/books/?image_type=vector