APPLIED BIOSTATISTICS

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

WEEKLY DURATION OF INTERNET

BROWSING WITH ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE OF NATIONAL

UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA (KL

BRANCH) BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE

STUDENTS YEAR 1 - 3 SESSION

2008/2009

PROPOSAL PRESENTATION

GROUP MEMBERS

FAIZAH BINTI ISKANDAR A115797

NUR SAJARATUL BINTI YAHAYA A115175

NORASHIKIN BINTI JAMAL A113685

ZALIHA BINTI HARUN A113779

NOR FAEZAH BINTI ROSMAN A114906

CHIN KAI LING A110828

BETTY LO MIAO YIN A110615

JENNY LIM YOU JING A110797

LING SIEW LING A114639

GAN ENG POH A113466

HON TZE CHUAN A114477

MOHD SYAFIQ BIN OMAR A114131

ANNUSHUYA A/P SUBBAREDDY A113647

PREMA A/P KAMARASAMY A115036

KAVITHA A/P RAJENDRAN A113670

SUPERVISOR: DR. ISMARULYUSDA

INTRODUCTION

Internet is a global network of computers linked

together over large distances.

Internet is a valuable source of information for students

looking for ideas for projects and assignments.

It allows students to broaden their academic

experience, access important information and

communicate to other within academic community.

Internet is also widely used by students for

entertainment, communication and other purposes.

Watching streaming video, online chatting, online

gaming, reading latest news, checking e-mail and etc.

Students experience significant academic problems as

they misuse internet.

Students have difficulty completing homework

assignments, having enough sleep, studying for exam, or

less exercise.

RESEARCH JUSTIFICATION

• Supporters of educational technology believe that internet will make a difference in academic achievement (Foltos,2002).

• There has been indication that some on-line users are becoming addicted to the internet which may result in academic failure (Brady,1996).

• Reports from University of Botswana Library state that students are not using the internet for academic purposes.

• Thus, our research can reveal the effect of internet on the academic performances of biomedical sciences students.

Assessing the positive impact - ‘An evaluation of the impact of Internet browsing on students’ academic performance at the tertiary level of education in Nigeria’ by O. Osunade (2003)

To evaluate the Internet as a knowledge acquisition tool and its impact on academic performance of students

The implication of internet toward academic performance in this study is positive-posttest results for the test group after internet access was significantly better than that of the control group.

LITERATURE REVIEW

Robert W. Kubey et. al(2001) -“Internet Use and Collegiate Academic Performance Decreasements”.

Survey was administered to 576 students at Rutgers University.

14 % of the total sample hurt occasionally, frequently, or very frequently due to Internet use.

Academically impaired sub group (N = 80), 40% - Internet use had kept them stay up late at night frequently or very frequently

42.5% -sometimes felt tired the next day due to their Internet use;

20% -occasionally, frequently, or very frequently missed class because of their Internet use.

This result indicates that academic performance might be impaired by heavier use of the Internet thus more to the negative impact.

Respondents’ habits

o Duration & frequency

o Network servero Places o Time of

preference

Demographic factorsoGenderoRaceoYearoResident

Preferences

Self- Evaluation

Time spend for studying

Internet Browsing

Academic achievement (CGPA) for undergraduate

biomed 1st, 2nd and 3rd years

CGPA increase or decrease

MIND MAPPING

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

To study the relationship between

weekly duration of internet browsing

with the academic achievement of

first, second and third year Biomedical

students session 2008/2009.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE

To compare weekly duration of internet

browsing based on demography factors.

To find association between weekly duration

of internet browsing and CGPA.

To find association between duration of

internet browsing and hours spend on studies

weekly.

RESEACRH QUESTION & HYPOTHESIS

Question

Is there any relationship between

weekly duration of internet browsing

with academic performance of

Biomedical Science students year 1 - 3

session 2008/2009?

NULL HYPOTHESIS

HO :

1. There is no difference between weekly duration of internet browsing and demography factors.

2. There is no difference between weekly duration of internet browsing and CGPA.

3. There is no difference between duration of internet browsing and hours spend on studies weekly.

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESISHA :

1.There are differences between weekly duration of internet browsing and demography factors.

2.There is difference between weekly duration of internet browsing and CGPA.

3.There is difference between duration of internet browsing and hours spend on studies weekly.

METHODOLOGY

BACKGROUND Research conducted in UKM KKL branch involving FSKB Respondents involved are first, second and third year

undergraduate students from Biomedical Sciences Department.

Our group consist of 15 Biomedical Sciences third year students .

RESEARCH DESIGN

Research design that involved is cross sectional study. Our group use questionnaire for survey research.

SAMPLING METHODS

Target PopulationUndergraduate students of 1st, 2nd and 3rd years from Biomedical Science Department.

Sampel Population

Sampling method = Stratified random sampling. Undergraduate student in the sampling frame are divided into stratum according to the years. In each stratum, systematic random sampling is used.

The total number of the students would be 285.

Sample sizeSample size for the target population is calculated according to the formula below: n = X2 NP (1-P) ∆2(N-1)+X2(1-P)n = 3.84 (285) 0.5 (1-0.5) 0.052 (285-1)+3.84(0.5)(1-0.5) = 163.83 ≈ 164 subjectsAdd 10% of sample size in case there are respondents dropped out = 16 subjectsTherefore, Sample size = 180 students, where 60 students are chosen from each stratum.

MATERIALS AND METHODS USED

Questionnaire is used. There are 4 parts in

the questionnaire, which are

Part A : Demographic factors

Part B : Purposes

Part C : Respondents’ habits

Part D : Self-evaluation

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

The research will be analyzed by using SPSS 14.0

The value for p is 0.05 corresponding to 95% of

confidence interval

The test that will be conducted are :

a) Independent t-test @ Mann-Whitney test

b) One-way ANOVA @ Kruskal-Wallis test

c) Pearson Correlation @ Spearman Correlation

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

Objective Dependent variables

Independent variables

Nature of independent

variables Test(s)

To compare between weekly

duration of internet

browsing and demographic

factors.

Weekly duration

of internet browsing

(Numerical)

*Race-Malay

-Chinese -Indian -Others

Nominal One-way ANOVA

@ Kruskal-Wallis

test

*Year -1st -2nd -3rd

Nominal One-way

ANOVA @ Kruskal-Wallis

test

*Sex - Male

-Female

Nominal Independent t-test @ Mann-

Whitney test

To find association between weekly

duration of internet browsing

and CGPA..

CGPA(Numerical)

Weekly duration

of internet browsin

g

Numerical Pearson Correlation

@ Spearman

Correlation

To find association between weekly duration of internet browsing and hours spend on studies weekly.

Weekly duration of internet browsing

(Numerical)

Number of hours spend for study

Numerical Pearson Correlation

@ Spearman Correlation

Objective Dependent variables

Independent variables

Nature of independent

variables Test(s)

ETHICAL ISSUES

Researcher: o Information are private and confidential.oPermission letter is given to respondent before the questionnaires is given. oRespondents are given enough time to do the questionnaires ( around five to ten minutes).oBrief the information about the introduction and the objective of the research to the respondents.

Respondent: oResponsibleoHonest

DEFINE VARIABLES

Dependent variable in this research is academic performance which is CGPA. Academic performance refers to how students deal with their studies and how they cope with or accomplish different tasks given to them by their teachers. (Source:wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_meant_by_academic_performance - 45k -)

INDEPENDENT VARIABLES

Independent variables in this research are

Demographic factor refer to the characteristic of human population such as year, gender, race and residence

(Source:www.answers.com/topic/demographics)

Hours spend on internet browsing weekly

Hours spend on studies weekly.

INCLUSIVE AND EXCLUSIVE CRITERIA

Inclusive criteriaBiomedical science students ( 1st, 2nd and 3rd year) from National University of Malaysia who browse internet.

Exclusive criteria

Biomedical science students ( 1st, 2nd and 3rd year) from National University of Malaysia who do not browse internet.

DUMMY TABLE FOR THE RESEARCH

GANNT CHART

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Week Activities

Searching for group members

Topic & objective

Method & sampling

Questionnaire discussion

Proposal presentation

Searching for respondents

Distributing questionnaires

Collecting questionnaires

Analyze all the data

Research presentation

QUESTIONNAIRE

Part 1 Demographic factors

1. Year: 2. Gender:3. Race:4. Residence: Hostel / Home / Other places5. CGPA:

PART 2 PREFERENCES

6. Preferences in browsing internet

Preferences Never Seldom

Often

Daily

Entertainment

General knowledge

Academic

E-commerce Please tick where appropriate

PART 3 RESPONDENTS’ HABITS7. Duration browsing internet 11. Network Server

__ hours per day (a) Dial Up (Jaring) (b) Broadband

(Streamyx,WiFi) (c) Others

8. Frequency browsing internet 12. Duration of study ___ days per week ___ hours per day

9. Time surfing internet 13. What type of electronic device is

(a) Morning used to access internet?

(b) Afternoon (a) Hand phone (c) Night (b) Laptop (d) Midnight (c) Desktop

(d) Others10. Places to browse internet (a) Room / home (b) Cyber cafe (c) Others:

PART 4 SELF-EVALUATION

14. How does internet influence your studies? (a) Distract your concentration

(b) Refreshed and motivated (c) No effect at all

15. Do you consider yourself addicted to internet? Yes / No

REFERENCES