A researcher is interested in the effect of the pandemic on social media use among college students. The researcher hypothesizes that college students spend more time on social media than they did before the pandemic.  To test his hypothesis, he randomly selected 50 college students and asked how many hours do they spend on social media per day before and after the pandemic.    What is the research question? Do college students spend more time on social media that they did before the pandemic?   What is/are the variable(s)? What graphs can be used to display the variable(s) visually? Variables- social media  & college students.   The graph that could be used is   What statistical test can be used to answer the research question?

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A researcher is interested in the effect of the pandemic on social media use among college students. The researcher hypothesizes that college students spend more time on social media than they did before the pandemic.  To test his hypothesis, he randomly selected 50 college students and asked how many hours do they spend on social media per day before and after the pandemic. 

 

  1. What is the research question?

Do college students spend more time on social media that they did before the pandemic?

 

  1. What is/are the variable(s)? What graphs can be used to display the variable(s) visually?

Variables- social media  & college students.  

The graph that could be used is

 

  1. What statistical test can be used to answer the research question?

 

 

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