Table 2.
Comparison of social media usage to high and low performers.
| Duration of social media usage | Categorisation of university examination marks (n) |
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <65% | 65–75% | >75% | Total | ||
| <1 h | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 0.023 |
| Percent within marks | 6.9% | 5.6% | 11.5% | 7.3% | |
| 1–3 h | 47 | 90 | 29 | 166 | |
| Percent within marks | 32.6% | 50.6% | 37.2% | 41.5% | |
| 3–5 h | 46 | 52 | 23 | 121 | |
| Percent within marks | 31.9% | 29.2% | 29.5% | 30.3% | |
| 5–7 h | 26 | 17 | 13 | 56 | |
| Percent within marks | 18.9% | 9.6% | 16.7% | 14% | |
| More than 7 h | 15 | 9 | 4 | 28 | |
| Percent within marks | 10.4% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 7% | |
| Total | 144 (100%) | 178 (100%) | 78 (100%) | 400 (100%) | |
n = number of students.