Microsoft Office Project Cell Phones

Meg Melton

Oklahoma State University

EDTC 5103

Dr Angel Kymes

HypothesisOlder people primarily use cellular

phones “for emergency use only.”

Younger users use their phones for everything from camera to calculator to alarm clock and rarely use the telephone capabilities.

1 Strongly Disagree 2 Disagree 3 Neutral 4 Agree 5 Strongly Agree

Respondents were asked to answer the questions using the following scale:

Hypothesis

I rarely use my cell phone for anything more than a phone.

My “life” is inside my cell phone.

I would rather text than talk on my cell phone.

I frequently leave the house without my cell

phone

The use of cell phones should be banned in

school

Gender & Country

All respondents were from the USA

8 male

12 female

Age of Respondents

under 2020-3030-4040-50Over 50

Question 1I rarely use my cell phone as a phone.

1 Strongly Disagree 2 Disagree 3 Neutral 4 Agree 5 Strongly Agree

>20

20-30

30-40

40-50

<50

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Question 2

1 Strongly Disagree 2 Disagree 3 Neutral 4 Agree 5 Strongly Agree

My “life” is inside my cell phone

>20

20-30

30-40

40-50

<50

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Question 3

1 Strongly Disagree 2 Disagree 3 Neutral 4 Agree 5 Strongly Agree

I would rather text than talk on my cell phone.

>20

20-30

30-40

40-50

<50

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

1 Strongly Disagree 2 Disagree 3 Neutral 4 Agree 5 Strongly Agree

I frequently leave the house without my cell phoneQuestion 4

>20

20-30

30-40

40-50

<50

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

1 Strongly Disagree 2 Disagree 3 Neutral 4 Agree 5 Strongly Agree

The use of cell phones should be banned in schoolQuestion 5

>20

20-30

30-40

40-50

<50

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Analysis

The YOUNGER the cell phone user….

… the more likely they are to use their cell

phones for more than just a telephone.

Analysis

Under 20 users

Rarely leave their phones

at home

Are more likely to text

than telephone.

Over 50 users

Frequently leave their phones at

home

Prefer to telephone rather than

text

>2020-30

30-4040-50

<50

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5Only the under 20 respondents disagreed With banning cell phones in school.

Hypothesis analysis I believe that the statistics of this study confirm my hypothesis that the younger the cell phone user, the more likely they are to use their phone for just about everything except the telephone capabilities.

In all fairness I should point out that all of these respondents, with the exception of the 2 “under 20” year olds, were teachers, which, I believe, is the reason that last question was skewed so heavily to ban cell phones from school. If this had been a more random sampling of the general public, I believe those responses would have been more evenly distributed.

I also think that if this had been a sampling of general public there would have been more than 2 “under 20” respondents which would, therefore, more evenly balance the responses.

Thank you.