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Grenoble Ecole de Management | Research Methodology Project | Correlation between social media and emotional stability | | Christian Morris
Karla LukicXinyun MA | 2014/5/5 |

Research Question
Does social media has impact on the emotional stability of students?
Hypotheses:
H1: Females have the same ability to handle personal problems as males.
H2: There is higher proportion of females that frequently use social media applications for personal reasons than males.
H3: Frequency of social media application usage for personal reasons will affect a student's ability to handle personal problems less for males than females.
H4: There is a positive relationship between the frequency of social media application usage for personal reasons and a student’s ability to handle personal problems.
Variables:
The relationship studied involves a dependent variable and independent variable; however, the former is broken down into 5 categories.
Dependent variables (X): * Frequency of social media application usage (mean) * Frequency of Facebook usage * Frequency of Google+ usage * Frequency of LinkedIn usage * Frequency of Twitter usage * Frequency of YouTube usage
The questions regarding these variables were posed in the survey through a 7 point Likert scale as seen below:
How frequently do you use each of the social media applications listed below for personal reasons? | Daily (1) | 2-3 Times a Week (2) | Once a Week (3) | 2-3 Times a Month (4) | Once a Month (5) | Less than Once a Month (6) | Never (7) | Facebook (1) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Google+ (2) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | LinkedIn (3) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Twitter (4) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | YouTube (5) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
*Data on the frequency of social media application

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