A survey was carried out to study the use of social media among students pur, . the Diploma in Business Practice at Singapore Polytechnic. A total of 32 student. a Oe Diploma in Business Practice : Accountancy (DBACC), Diploma in Business Pract’ a Business Management (DBBM), and Diploma in Business Practice : Human Capita, X (DBHC) were surveyed. The survey questionnaire and the data collected are shown % below. 1. Which of the following social media websites do you currently have an account with? O Facebook O Twitter © tnstagram 1 Other (Please Specify) What is your main purpose of using social media? O Business 1 Leisure (fill up spare time) © Learning OC Networking How much time do you spend on social media? Approximately hour(s) per day When do you access social media websites? D during my free time during mealtimes O while at school / work O any spare time Ona regular day how many times do you post pictures, comments etc. on your social media? O Extremely often Slightly often O very often D Notatall often O Moderately often Gender O Male Female Course of Study O peacc OQ ppuc O peem Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) : Age O 20up to 26 years old O26 up to 32 years old 32 up to 38 years old o O38 up to 44 years old Thank You Very Much For Your Time Page 2Wu een Pee Pee ee » oe ae em Se a Se 3 nan Purpose Hn per Dey When How Often fee a etsure 5 doragrmealimer | _Wotataltefion 20 upto 26 years old teaming x ‘durngey treetime | Sientvotten 26 upto 32 years 014 [Business 2 tsenooiF work | Sahih often N_| networking 3 Guingmytreetime | _siightiv often else ‘ dunrametieetene | Shanty often 20up 1026 yearsold W__| tetworking z any spare ume Shanty often 26up te 32 eRe N__| tearoine 3 while at sca work BOupio reyearsald | / N | teture 1 tile at school work z | teeming 7 [teaming N__| teeming z W__| Neworting 2 Slghty ote upto aR years old «| Networking 6 ‘uringmy Keetime | Moderately often "20up10 76 years olf | eamine 4 whleatschool/ work | slut often 25up to 32 vearsod [SNE ral Ovsiness z Moderately often Szup 1038 years old nw [tebure 3 Very often 26 wp 0 32 earscld =[Eawn 2 Sight often IGupto Rtyeuscld a duringmetiectine | Sight often 13 | Beupto32 yearsold 3 tile at school work | _Vervoften | ferwie | 86m | 2.6 | 26upto32 yearsohd 2 while at school work | Moderstelyohten | female | beam | 18 | 2eupto3zyears olf 3 ‘ile atschoel/work | Moderailyoten | mate | poet | 18) a Exremevoren | female | osace | 47 © Extremelyeten | female | perce | 3 | 38uptedéyearsold z Vervofien | male | 00ace | 32 | S2uptostyeasold | > 3 Crremelyoften | femate | oaacc | 3 | 26 upto 32 yearold ‘ ‘Stghtiyoten | male | oaacc | 22 | s2uptosayeaso 2 any spare tine Veryanen | femae | conc | 22 | 32upto3syearscld 3 une. Vervonen | female 25 | 20 voto z6yeusod Nenworking a Gung myfecume | Gwemelyonen | mae [one | 32 | 2ouptoz6yearscld learing 2 any spare time taremevarien | wale | ose | 32 | 20upto26yeasold Buskess 2 whileatschecl/work | Stettivohien | male | o86n | 32 | 20upt026years oid Networking z uring yee tie veryerien | female | cence [13 | 20upwo26yean olf Pagea) 2) 8) yy is based on. &, X a Ane sw sel wn Sgn PAY Abe i Identify the population which the survey in, lama in_carss Yra st —— i lusions on the whole is used to make inferences / conc! its of the sample survey is use sep ie ‘As such, it is important that the selected sample must bes ad same, ie, the sample must be a good representation of shel partion, Bt ty eet you ‘good’ sample of 32 Diploma in You would go about selecting a ‘good’ sampl eee students from Singapore Polytechnic. State clearly the sampling ae cite Sampling Method Used For the following three variables in the questionnaire, id lentify if they are qualitative or quantitative, and if they are discrete or continuous. ‘Qualitative or Discrete or Quantitative Continuous? Q3. | Time spent on social media, Quantitative di Scvete a4, een i eoesing social Quaalitatine disesete = mate Grade Point average | Chipan titntive Comtiniious {0.5 mark @ 6 = 3 marks} Page 4(4) 6) (6) Collate the data collected on Qt : “Which of the following social media website do you currently have an account with?” in the table below. ‘Number of Percentage of Students Students = de Pas fev account with 94 7S, Haye serount with’ lb So; Salalmedie webstes 6 18-957, ATI. Because of cnet laypitey Tne Samat Shuciak Ahan, have, cushnarnes FnLUons. ov EME, 0d tO, S6ed NM (0.5 marks @ 4 =4 marks) Briefly explain why the total frequency and the total percentages in the table above do not add up to 32 students or 100% respectively. {2 marks) NUN, staal Fecquaney Of Mace ay. des nt Md $0... (CL Delt 3). siudacke ! - Display the data on Qi : “Which of the following social media website do you currently have an account with?" using a suitable graphical presentation. State clearly the graphical presentation used. Student (341 marks) oy ~ Soti So tae unsteyiain dette tw a beoke. Acoues Graphical Presentation Usedis__fyiv (ivi Page 5S ey We istribution table With, wt ae into a frequency di fou, ar {7) Organise the data on Age int © a SS \ age Frquaney \ x \ [Qo tem | 1a Jk wy 4032 10 \ Ry be 3 Ey to 4 gs 9) wwen (8) Based on the frequency distribution table on Age, make ONE inference on the ageot i i ts, Diploma in Business Practice student inns ATI 0f the lows iy buliates practige Studeutt ran Aud 2o Mow ty 96. (©) Based on the frequency distribution {able on Age, compute the median age and modal ?e¢ of Diploma in Business Practice students, (ou are required to show all workings.) (442)marks) WORKINGS FOR MEDIAN & MODE 23 [34 wae 23 | ue (Sy ee = th obs ER cnaar feces bed $2 = . LlFen)= 428 Walt + MARIAN of motel Chess, + Leo4 ney 2 ; _T DB tee Ad ANS WERE oo tMode = Page 6(10) We areinterested in (01) the number of social media website which Diploma in Business Practice students have an account with, From the raw data collected, compute the mean and the standard deviation. HINT : You must tabulate the number of social media accounts that each student has. (You ore required to show oll workings.) (444 marks) WORKINGS FOR MEAN & STANDARD DEVIATION e(t-28)" au Yer 033 sie + [e + NV.33 * ANSWER BRC 1 Standard Deviation =, Page?(14) {d) selecting three male instagram users, of which From the sample, compute the probabilities o 9 Smdle 2 x fp EPele am {a) selecting a mate Instagram user. (2 awht- (mag, P (Selzotmy mete lngleger une) 2 Cmte) 4 PC Aemeg ute) Lae . wi Terr robability = (b) O(Mrate | megan vty) leave answer to 4 significant figures) selecting an Instagram user, given that he ls a male DBACC student. (4 marks) fleove answer to 4 ‘significant figures) (€) selecting a student who is either a male or an Instagram user, PC mare ae wettegpen utes) > 3S , 2 m7 aL = DOT Probability = Mec DBACC, PSEW: Probability = {4 marks) ‘ave answer to 4 significont figures) atleast two of them are from (6 marks) Ueove answer to 4 significant figures) Page8(12) The data collected for time (hours per day) spent on social media by Diploma in Business Practice was analysed with the help of EXCEL. (a) State the mean daily hours spent on social media by the sample of 32 Diploma in Business Practice students. ANSWER] Using EXCEL, sample mean, {1 mark) hours per day (leave answer to4 significant figures) (b) State the standard deviation for the daily hours spent on social media by the sample of 32 Diploma in Business Practice students. z Using EXCEL, sample std deviation, s = hours per day (leave answer to4 signijicont figures) (1 mark) (c)__ Estimate the mean daily hours spent on social media by ALL Diploma in Business Practice students, using a point estimate. (1 mark) a: Estimated Mean Daily Hours Spent on Social Media = hours per day {d) Estimate the mean daily hours spent on social media by ALL Diploma in Business Practice students, using a 89% confidence interval. (G marks) 89% Confidence Interval for Estimated Mean Daily Hours Spent on Social Media = hours per day {13) Interpret the interval estimate computed in Q12(d). I {2 marks) Page 9(14) Tow many people use social media? As per the Datareportal Jonuory 2022 global. overview we can See that socio! ‘media growth hos continued to increase: soe itore than half of the world now uses social media (58.4%) «Gp pilfion people oround the world now use social media, 424 milion new users have come online within the last 12 months «The average daily time spent using social medio is 2h 27m. eae yrmnv mmarmpcomfiorl edo mareong/socoh ne din swore New ODOC TR pee nrt sont Pe ROoveropeX ZOEOIVR DIIMENZOSPEHNZOWSPGNTOOCOIN 2 eLORIOSR IOAN D027, A recent study by Datareportal revealed that the average daily time spent using social media is 2 hours 27 minutes, Carry out an appropriate statistical test to icing if the mean time spent on social media by Diploma in Business Practice students Is more than 2 hours 27 minutes. Use a 3 % level of significance. (9 marks) WoRKINGS Page 10(25) Do students who frequent Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and other social media sites perform worse academically? Scientists from ‘Germany have looked into these worries. One of the results revealed that students who log into social networking sites very frequently, regularly post messages and photos and spend a lot of time there have slightly lower grades. {SOURCE : https://www.sclencedally.com/releases/2018/02/180219103217.htm) We are interested to make use of Linear Regression and Correlation analysis to study the relationship between time spent on social media (Q3) and cumulative GPA (Q8). {a) Identify the independent variable and the dependent variable, The independent variable refers to {1+ marks) The dependent variable refers to (b) Plot a scatter diagram to show the relationship between time spent on social media (Q3) and cumulative GPA (8). {Remember to Include a title and label your x-axis & y-axis clearly.) (4 marks) ()__ From the scatter diagram, what can you gather about the relationship between time spent on social media (Q3) and cumulative GPA (Q8). (2 marks) Bens Page 11