Survey is closed results will be posted shortly!

Here are the research questions and hypotheses that I will be testing!

 The research questions are:

1. Are online tools and OSNs, limited to only Facebook, perceived as important in the educational process of students at the higher education learning level?  A Perceived Importance in Education Score will be derived by totaling responses from Survey Questions 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16.

2.         How often do undergraduate and graduate students report using online social networks, within their educational studies?  A Current Usage by Student in Education Score will be derived by totaling responses from Survey Questions 5, 6, 7.

3.         To what extent do students of higher learning agree that the use of OSNs, such as Facebook, should be integrated into their higher education experience? A Recommended Institutional Involvement Score will be derived by totaling responses from Survey Questions 8, 13, 15.

4.     Is the Current Usage by Student score significantly correlated with the students Grade Point Average?

5.     Are the Current Usage by Student Score, the Perceived Importance in Education Score, and the Recommended Institutional Involvement Score significantly correlated?

Research Hypotheses

1. Ho: The Current Usage by Student Score will not be correlated with a student’s reported GPA.

H1: The Current Usage by Student Score will be significantly positively correlated with a student’s reported GPA.  It is predicted that students reporting a higher Current Usage Score will report higher GPAs.

2. Ho:  The Current Usage by Student Score, the Recommended Institutional Involvement Score, and the Perceived Importance in Education Score will not be correlated.

H1a:  The Current Usage by Student Score and the Perceived Importance in Education Score will be significantly positively correlated.  It is predicted that respondents reporting higher usage scores will also report higher perceived importance scores.

H1b:  The Current Usage by Student Score and the Recommended Involvement in Education Score will be significantly positively correlated.  It is predicted that respondents reporting higher usage scores will also report higher recommended involvement scores.

H1c:  The Recommended Involvement in Education Score and the Perceived Importance in Education Score will be significantly positively correlated.  It is predicted that respondents reporting higher perceived importance scores will also report higher recommended involvement scores.