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Table of Content
Abstract 3
I. Introduction 4
V. Discussion of Results 13
APPENDIX A 16
APPENDIX B 17
APPENDIX C 19
APPENDIX D 22
APPENDIX E 23
APPENDIX F 27
1. R Script 27
2. R Output 27
References 29
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Abstract
Self-study skill stands as a crucial skill essential for people at all stages of life, particularly
the younger generation. In light of this, our study aims to evaluate the outcomes of an online
survey distributed to 102 students enrolled in Hanoi University's Faculty of Management and
Tourism (FMT) program.The study emphasizes the importance of focus and time allocation in
studying. This investigation also delves into the distribution of students' time percentages and
seeks to identify factors that contribute to self-study approaches. By examining these findings,
we provide practical insights and recommendations to enhance students' self-study
methodologies, resulting in a more effective learning experience.
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I. Introduction.
Self-study skills play a pivotal role in the academic journey of students, particularly those
enrolled in programs such as the Faculty of Management and Tourism (FMT). Effective self-
study abilities not only contribute to academic accomplishment, but they also improve overall
learning experiences and professional growth. According to research, students who practice
self-directed learning have higher academic achievement, lower stress levels, and a better
quality of life (Bostani et al., 2014) . Furthermore, Loeng, (2020) discovered a favorable
relationship between self-study skills and performance in school, emphasizing the importance
of this skill set in higher education.
Despite the undeniable benefits, acquiring self-study abilities can be difficult for students,
especially when dealing with a variety of academic, extracurricular, and personal
responsibilities. The ability to successfully manage one's own study time in a situation of
competing demands is critical for student achievement and well-being.
Considering this, our study intends to investigate FMT students' self-study skills and analyze
their impact on academic performance and overall educational outcomes. Drawing on a
statistical analysis of data collected from FMT students, we hope to better understand the
methods that students use to engage in self-study, identify potential challenges, and
recommend strategies for improving studying independently effectiveness.
2. Questionnaire Design.
This survey was designed with 10 questions and was conducted among FMT faculty students.
These questions are divided into two main sections. The first section with three questions is
about personal identity to ensure a reliable data source for the project. Participants are
required to provide information about the student's name, ID, and major. The other section
consists of a list of seven following questions to acquire the fundamental data for testing the
hypothesis and descriptive statistics of our project:
1. How interested are you in self-study skills?
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2. What is/are the self-study skills that you are using?
3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the methods you used?
4. How many hours per day do you spend on self-studying?
5. Based on your personal experience, how BAD study skill affects the following factors?
6. What are the biggest challenges you face when trying to self-study?
7. In this academic year, do you evaluate that your self-study skills are good?
For option “Yes”, please suggest some tips for GOOD self-study skills ?
For option “No” , choose the symptoms you experienced in this academic year as a result of
BAD self-study skills.
3. Sample Size.
Because of the significance of precision and timeliness, we have decided to randomly select
102 students from among more than 1000 of students studying at FMT faculty to participate
in the survey. A sample size of 102 students from various major at FMT is considered to be
sufficient for us to collect clear and useful data in order to create a satisfactory conclusion.
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divided into two parts: statistical description and hypothesis testing. In the first part, we
analyze and discuss the outcomes, utilizing graphs, charts, and summary measures such as
mean and sample standard deviation. In the second part, we discuss and examine the
hypothesis test results. We performed all the necessary statistical calculations and tests using
Excel, R, and manual calculations.
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What major are you in?
45
45
40
35 32
30
25
20 18
15
10 5
5 2
0
Accounting Business Administration Tourism Finance and Banking Marketing
The survey's participation rate among Hanoi University students majoring in FMT is shown in
a column chart. The data shows that there was a significant range in the number of majors
selected by the students. Notably,the highest number is 45% of students majoring in
accounting. The Department of Business Administration (35%) has also doubled the number
of students compared to the Department of Finance and Banking (17%). Only 5% and 2% of
students from the Tourism and Marketing faculty responded to the poll, placing them in
fourth and fifth positions.
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How interested are you in self-study skills?
11% 1% 8%
36%
44%
The above chart shows the degree of interest of FMT students in Hanoi University in self-
study skill. It can be noticed that nearly half of surveyed students demonstrate a normal
attitude towards self-study skill, accounting for 44%. Besides that, there is still a large
percentage of students who are interested in this skill, which occupies 36%. Contrary to those
who consider self-study as an important skill, only a few students haven’t paid too much
attention to that, at 9%. In this regard, 11% of people who are very interested in self-study
think that it is an effective way of learning.
Effective planning 57
Priority setting 45
Pomodoro technique 38
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Conspicuously, setting effective planning is the most popular choice when students tend to
independently learn at their own pace and time, selected by 57% of total students. Followed
by Smart goal setting as the runner up with 46 votes and Priority setting ranking at third place
chosen by 45 respondents. Closing off this ranking list is applying the Pomodoro technique
ranked in fourth place accounting for 38 votes, and 32 people out of 100 students frequently
reflected and adjusted their studying to improve their performance and get an in-
depthknowledge.
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4. Evaluate the effectiveness of the methods you used?
41%
46%
It is evident that even with the use of many approaches, the majority of students, 46% of
them, thought the efficiency was just mediocre. According to the poll, a sizable percentage of
students, 41%, were found to use the method effectively; even a few felt they had mastered
the method thoroughly. Just 9% of students thought it was low effective.
28% 49%
The distribution of FMT students' self-study time is shown in the pie chart. According to the
questionnaire's results, almost half of the respondents (49%) dedicated 1-2 hours per day to
self-study, while 28% and 17% respectively committed 2 to 3 hours and more than 3 hours.
These results imply that most students have understood the value of independent study and
have allotted a respectable amount of time for it. However, it is worth noting that a small
percentage (6%) of respondents spend less than 1 hour per day on self-studying, which may
need to be increased for effective learning and academic success.
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6. Based on your personal experience, how BAD study skill affects the following factors
The given bar graph shows the data on the assessment of how bad study skills affect issues
such as studying, time with family and friends, procrastination, difficulty in concentration,
lack of motivation, stress and burnout. As can be seen, more than half of the students believe
that poor study skills affect these variables, with studying and lack of motivation being
particularly highlighted. Additionally, a significant portion of students maintain a neutral
stance, and hardly no one believes that they remain unaffected by poor study skills.
7. What are the biggest challenges you face when trying to self-study?
What are the biggest challenges you face when trying to self-study?
Lack of Resources 38
Lack of Structure 35
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
The main challenge faced by respondents is motivation and discipline, with 77% highlighting
the difficulty in maintaining focus and driving for effective self-study. 58% of participants
struggle with maintaining focus and avoiding distractions, while 38% and 35% express
concerns about limited access to educational materials and a lack of structured learning
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approaches. Assessment and feedback are also a significant challenge, with 28% feeling
overwhelmed by choice and 24% feeling overwhelmed by the abundance of learning options.
8. In this academic year, do you evaluate that your self-study skills are good?
In this academic year, do you evaluate that your self-study skills are
good?
51% 49%
Yes No
Based on the findings of the study assessing students' abilities to study on their own, 49% of
participants said they had effective study techniques. Most students believe that they can
focus better and work more efficiently if they set realistic goals. Other recommendations for
more effective self-study included summarizing the ideas, assessing yourself frequently, or
designing a learning area just for you. However, 51% of participants stated that their self-
study abilities were inadequate for a variety of reasons, including a lack of organization,
drive, and discipline.
9. Choose the symptoms you experienced in this academic year as a result of BAD self-
study skills
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Nonetheless, the majority of respondents (43%) had a GPA below 3.0. It seems from this that
a lot of pupils have trouble with studying on their own. According to Figure 11, about 40% of
students report feeling stressed out, and almost a third report having health issues such as
body aches. Besides, the remaining of them said that they had no leisure time and did not
complete assignments. These findings suggest that inadequate self-study techniques may
adversely affect students' academic success and general well-being.
1. Research Questions
In this project, we wanted to estimate the proportion of FMT students who think they have
good self-study skills. To gather the necessary data for this research, a question with the
choice of Yes/No was added to our questionnaire:
“In this academic year, do you evaluate that your self-study skills are good?”
Based on the gathered data, we conclude that the Z test for proportions would be the most
appropriate, with the proportion in our test denoted as.
Assumptions
- The test utilizes nominal-scaled qualitative data.
- The two nominal choice is Yes for students those who thinks their self-
study skills are good, and No for those who thinks the contrary
- Based on the random procedure we’ve carried out, each respondent has
an equal chance of being picked to participate in this test, and each of
their answers is completely separated from each other
- Normality checking
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p0 is 0.147. We have the following conditions:
Data Analysis
- The sample size: n = 102
> prop.table(stud)*100
No Yes
50.98039 49.01961
- The sample proportions: ^p = 0.4901
Hypothesis
Step 1: State the null and alternative hypothesis
Testing
Procedure H 0 : ^p =0 .147H a : ^p >0 .147
¿ ^p − p0 0.4901−0.147
z= = =9.7856
√ p 0 (1− p0 )
n √ 0.147 (1−0.147)
102
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Critical value = z α =z 0.05=1.645
¿
Reject the null hypothesis if z > z α
Step 6: Conclusion
¿
As z > z α (9.78556 >1.645) , we reject H 0
3. R Studio
V. Discussion of Results
After testing our hypothesis, we can conclude that there are significantly more than 14.7% of
FMT students who consider themselves to be proficient in self-study skills. This is a very
plausible result for our test because our sample has roughly 34% more students that evaluate
themselves positively. This in turn can mean that a lot more students in our university are
having average to good academic performance, and it may grow even higher if they can
continue to improve upon their present self.
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1. Limitation.
As stated, the purpose of this research paper is to figure out more about the self-study abilities
of students at Hanoi University's Faculty of Management and Tourism. Despite our
meticulous effort to carefully perform and gather the data for this study, there were some
errors and time constraints that we would like to exclude. The first problem is that we were
only able to gather an average sample of 102 students, which is a tiny number in comparison
with HANU's student population. Another demerit is that not all responses to surveys made
with Google Forms for online submission on social networking platforms are trustworthy.
These two most noticeable issues may lead to several unexpected limitations of accuracy for
the research.
2. Implication.
The aim of this study was to determine how HANU students study on their own, thereby
drawing conclusions about the effectiveness of self-study skills and making recommendations
for students studying at HANU. Most of them, according to study data, are aware of the
significance of self-study; nevertheless, they are still facing challenges in doing so. Since the
majority of the students have not worked out how to successfully study on their own, they
have attempted the suggestions we made. Self-study has a significant impact on academic
achievement and overall wellness of HANU students, hence, it requires modification.
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and your learning style. At the same time, breaking your study sessions into shorter intervals
and taking regular breaks plays a considerately vital role to prevent burnout and maintain
focus. Try techniques like the Pomodoro technique (25 minutes of focused study followed by
a 5-minute break) to stay refreshed.
Whichever method applied should be appropriate and suitable, even personalized if possible,
to students’ condition, so as to effectively improve and strongly support their academic path.
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APPENDIX A.
Our group would like to be considered for a bonus mark for doing substantial additional work.
We have completed the following parts of the project using the R programming language:
methods (including
test’s assumptions)
methods
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APPENDIX B.
Questionnaires.
1.What is your full name?
2.What is your student ID?
3.What major are you in?
- Accounting
- Business Administration
- Tourism
- Finance and Banking
- Marketing
4. How do you interested in self-study skills?
- Not interested
- Less interested
- Normal
- Interested
- Very interested
5. What is/are the self-study skills that you are using?
- Pomodoro technique
- Priority setting
- Effective planning
- Smart goal-setting
- Reflection and adjustment
6. Evaluate the effectiveness of the methods you used?
- Ineffective
- Low effective
- Normal
- Effective
- Very effective
7. How many hours per day do you spend on self-studying?
- Less than 1 hour
- 1 to 2 hours
- 2 to 3 hours
- More than 3 hours
8. Based on your personal experience, how BAD time management skill affects the
following factors?
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No Less Neutral Affected Highly
affected affected affected
Studying
Time with family and friends
Procrastination
Difficulty in Concentration
Lack of Motivation
Stress and Burnout
9. What are the biggest challenges you face when trying to self-study?
- Lack of Structure
- Motivation and Discipline
- Lack of Resource
- Maintaining Focus and Avoiding Distractions
- Assessment and Feedback
- Overwhelm by Choice
10. In this academic year, do you evaluate that your self-study skills is good?
For option “yes”
Please suggest some tips for GOOD self-study skills?
For option “no”
Choose the symptoms you experienced in this academic year as a result of BAD self-
study skills
- Stress
- GPA less than 3.0
- Body aches ( headache, backache,..)
- Not completing assignments before class
- No leisure time
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APPENDIX C.
Survey result.
3. What's your major?
45/102 Accounting
32/102 Business Administration
5/102 Tourism
18/102 Finance and Banking
2/102 Marketing
4. How do you interested in self-study skills?
1/102 Not interested
8/102 Less interested
45/102 Normal
37/102 Interested
11/102 Very interested
5. What is/are time management method(s) that you are using?
38/102 Pomodoro Technique
45/102 Priority setting
57/102 Effective planning
46/102 Smart goal setting
32/102 Reflection and adjustment
6. Evaluate the effectiveness of the methods you used
1/102 Ineffective
9/102 Low effective
47/102 Normal
42/102 Effective
3/102 Very effective
7. How many hours per day do you spend on self-studying?
6/102 Less than 1 hour
50/102 1 to 2 hours
29/102 2 to 3 hours
17/102 More than 3 hours
8. Based on your personal experience, how BAD self-study skills affect the following
factors?
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affected affected affected
Time for family and friends 4/102 22/102 41/102 34/102 1/102
9. What are the biggest challenges you face when trying to self-study?
35/102 Lack of Structure
77/102 Motivation and Discipline
38/102 Lack of Resource
58/102 Maintaining Focus and Avoiding Distraction
28/102 Assessment and Feedback
24/102 Overwhelm by Choice
10. In this academic year, do you evaluate that your self-study skills are good?
Yes 50/102
No 52/102
For option “ yes”
Please suggest some tips for GOOD self-study skill?
- Practice as much as possible
- Stay away from your smartphone
- You may use your electronic devices to record yourself when you do your homework or
meet the deadline. One of the effective methods that Gen Z uses to entirely focus on the
deadline
- Study logically
- Highly concentrate
- Try to sum up the theories and apply them to do exercises
- Music
- Go to crowded places such as the HANU library or coffee shops to learn.
- Listening to music
- Sufficient documents
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- Hard-working
- Pomodoro
- Sleep enough
- Set short-term goals, make notes, and test yourself regularly
- Studied 30 minutes, rest 5 minutes
- Find a quiet place to study
- Set study goal for each session
- Minimize distraction
- Set goals
- Take breaks
- Use mind map
- Treat yourself
- Should have enough motivation (related to career purpose/ Long-term/ Short-term
purposes...)
For option “No”
Choose the symptoms you experienced in this academic year as a result of BAD time
management.
Stress 40/52
GPA less than 3.0 43/52
Body aches ( headache, backache, …) 33/52
Not completing assignments before class 24/52
No leisure time 23/52
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APPENDIX D.
Figure 1: Student’s majors
Figure 2: Percentage of students’ level of interest in self-study skills
Figure 3: Self-study methods used by FMT’s students
Figure 4: Percentage of the effectiveness of the methods used
Figure 5: Number of hours per day students spend on self-studying
Figure 6: The level of bad self-study skills affects some factors (studying, physical health,
mental health, time for family and friends)
Figure 7: The biggest challenge that FMT’s students face when trying to study on their own
Figure 8: Percentage of students who consider self-study skills is good or not
Figure 9: Symptoms that students experienced in this academic year as a result of bad self-
study skills.
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APPENDIX E..
NAME STUDENT ID? MAJOR
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Nguyễn Tuấn Linh 2204000062 Business Administration
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Từ Lê Hải Anh 2204000011 Business Administration
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Nguyễn Minh Phương 2204000085 Business Administration
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APPENDIX F.
1. R SCRIPT
getwd()
setwd("C:/Users/Admin/Documents")
sef <- read.table("ThanhHa.csv", header=TRUE, sep=",", quote="\"",
stringsAsFactors = TRUE)
summary(sef)
table(sef$EvaluateGood)
stud <- table(sef$EvaluateGood)
prop.table(stud)*100
goo <- c(50, 52)
zect <- c("Yes", "No")
jeffe <- paste0(zect, "=", round(goo/sum(goo)*100, 3), "%")
pie(goo, labels = jeffe, main = " In this academic year, do you evaluate
that your self-study skills are good?",
col = c("forestgreen", "gray"), border = c("black"))
prop.test(50, 102, p = 0.147, correct = FALSE, alternative = c("greater"),
conf.level = 0.95)
2. R OUTPUT
> getwd()
[1] "C:/Users/Admin/Documents"
> setwd("C:/Users/Admin/Documents")
> summary(sef)
Major Selfstudy.Skill.Interest EvaluateGood
Accounting :45 Interested :37 No :52
Business Administration:32 Less interested: 8 Yes:50
Finance and Banking :18 Normal :45
Marketing : 2 Not interested : 1
Tourism : 5 Very interested:11
Hours Effect
1 to 2 hours :50 Effective :42
2 to 3 hours :29 Ineffective : 1
Less than 1 hour : 6 Low effective : 9
More than 3 hours:17 Normal :47
Very effective: 3
> table(sef$EvaluateGood)
No Yes
52 50
> prop.table(stud)*100
No Yes
50.98039 49.01961
> pie(goo, labels = jeffe, main = " In this academic year, do you evaluate
that your self-study skills are good?",
+ col = c("forestgreen", "gray"), border = c("black"))
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> prop.test(50, 102, p = 0.147, correct = FALSE, alternative =
c("greater"), conf.level = 0.95)
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References.
Bostani, M., Nadri, A., & Nasab, A. R. (2014). A Study of the Relation between Mental health
and Academic Performance of Students of the Islamic Azad University Ahvaz Branch.
Procedia: Social & Behavioral Sciences, 116, 163–165. Retrieved from
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.01.186
Loeng, S. (2020). Self-Directed learning: a core concept in adult education. Education
Research International, 2020, 1–12. Retrieved from
https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/3816132
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