Table 4

Correlations with Alpha Values

College Plans

Interference
Assignment

Importance

Importance
Frequency
SNS (SNP)

Accounts

Degree of
Duration
GPA (AP)

Location

Belief of
Gender

E-mail
(SNP)

(SNP)

(SNP)

(SNP)

(SNI)

(SNI)

(SNI)
(AP)

(AP)
Variables

Pearson Corrrelation 1.00 -.363** .150* .244** -.024 -.138 .008 -.007 -.143* -.035 -.256** -.024
GPA (AP)
Sig. (2 – tailed) .000 .034 .001 .740 .052 .907 .923 .043 .623 .000 .735
Pearson Corrrelation -.363** 1.00 -.097 -.154* -.008 .102 .085 .141* .039 -.140* .146* -.054
Gender
Sig. (2 – tailed) .000 .172 .030 .906 .151 .233 .047 .585 .048 .039 .447
College Plans Pearson Corrrelation .150* -.097 1.00 .085 .106 .040 -.012 -.100 .071 -.169* -.078 .072
(AP) Sig. (2 – tailed) .034 .172 .233 .134 .573 .868 .161 .315 .017 .275 .308
Pearson Corrrelation .244** -.154* .085 1.00 .367** .055 .287** .196** .162* .030 -.046 -.045
SNS (SNP)
Sig. (2 – tailed) .001 .030 .233 .000 .443 .000 .005 .022 .676 .522 .527
Pearson Corrrelation -.024 -.008 .106 .367** 1.00 .011 -.054 .153* .113 -.089 .051 -.005
Location (SNP)
Sig. (2 – tailed) .740 .906 .134 .000 .878 .444 .031 .111 .210 .477 .942
Pearson Corrrelation -.138 .102 .040 .055 .011 1.00 .093 .095 -.001 -.055 .086 .160*
E-mail Accounts (SNP)
Sig. (2 – tailed) .052 .151 .573 .443 .878 .192 .179 .991 .435 .228 .023
Pearson Corrrelation .008 .085 -.012 .287** -.054 .093 1.00 .203** .010 .014 -.037 .086
Frequency (SNP)
Sig. (2 – tailed) .907 .233 .868 .000 .444 .192 .004 .889 .843 .607 .226
Pearson Corrrelation -.007 .141* -.100 .196** .153* .095 .203** 1.00 .193** -.003 .180* .278**
Duration (SNP)
Sig. (2 – tailed) .923 .047 .161 .005 .031 .179 .004 .006 .961 .011 .000
Pearson Corrrelation -.143* .039 .071 .162* .113 -.001 .010 .193** 1.00 .188** .128 .146*
Assignment (AP)
Sig. (2 – tailed) .043 .585 .315 .022 .111 .991 .889 .006 .008 .072 .040
Pearson Corrrelation -.035 -.140* -.169* .030 -.089 -.055 .014 -.003 .188** 1.00 .209** .150*
Interference (SNI)
Sig. (2 – tailed) .623 .048 .017 .676 .210 .435 .843 .961 .008 .003 .034
Belief of Importance Pearson Corrrelation -.256** .146* -.078 -.046 .051 .086 -.037 .180* .128 .209** 1.00 .372**
(SNI) Sig. (2 – tailed) .000 .039 .275 .522 .477 .228 .607 .011 .072 .003 .000
Degree of Importance Pearson Corrrelation -.024 -.054 .072 -.045 -.005 .160* .086 .278** .146* .150* .372** 1.00
(SNI) Sig. (2 – tailed) .735 .447 .308 .527 .942 .023 .226 .000 .040 .034 .000

**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Legend: AP – Academic SNP – Social Networking Participation
*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). SNI – Social Networking Importance