Sub Problem:
1. Has network/technical issues affected online learning experience
2. Has online lectures affected concentration of a student during lectures
3. Are online classes beneficial for students
Researchers:
By Group 1
Shubho Roy Choudhury-80012100713
Jatin Arora-80012100762
Ayush Gupta-80012100764
Simar Saluja-80012100679
Introduction:
In the recent years due to Covid pandemic, education has shifted from the traditional classroom mode to an online mode. Due to the lockdowns students are learning remotely on virtual platforms. Therefore, this has affected their education in certain ways.
Objectives:
To find out if online mode of education due to the pandemic had affected student’s learnings.
Null and Alternate hypothesis for survey questions
1. H0: I may or may not retain more learnings during online lectures.
Ha: I retain more learnings during online lectures
Ha1: I do not retain learnings during online lectures.
2. H0: Online classes may or may not be flexible and save time
Ha: Online lectures do save more time and are flexible
Ha1: Online lectures do not save time and are not flexible
3. H0: Online classes may or may not teach me self-discipline
Ha: Online classes teach me self-discipline
Ha1: Online classes does not teach me self-discipline
4. H0: I feel there may or may not be a communication gap in online classes
Ha: I feel there is a communication gap in online classes
Ha1: I feel there is no communication gap in online classes
5. H0: Online classes may or may not save travel cost
Ha: Online classes definitely save travel cost
Ha1: Online classes do not save travel cost
Data Collection:
Based on the problem we framed 5 questions on the Likert scale. We used Google forms to then survey 100 postgraduate students. The options provided were Strongly Disagree, disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree. Converted the collected data in Excel and calculated the Z value with the formula Z=(X-µ)/SE, where µ was taken as ‘3’.
Survey Questions:
Following are the five Likert scale questions
1. I can retain more learnings during online lectures.
2. I feel online classes are more flexible and they save time
3. Online classes teach me self-discipline.
4. I feel there is a communication gap in online classes.
5. Online classes save travel cost.
Data Analysis:
Mean:
1) 2.45
2) 3.95
3) 2.62
4) 4.15
5) 4.52
Standard Deviation:
1) 1.0576799
2) 1.0384039
3) 1.2454361
4) 1.0671873
5) 0.8100380
Standard Error:
1) 0.1057679
2) 0.1038403
3) 0.1245436
4) 0.1067187
5) 0.0810038
Z Value:
1) -5.200060774
2) 9.148655217
3) -3.051140047
4) 10.77598957
5) 18.764551
Based on the z values
If Z > 1.96, accept positively (select Ha and reject H0)
If Z is between 1.96 and -1.96, people are neutral (select H0)
If Z is less than – 1.96 accept negatively (select Ha1 and reject H0)
Findings:
1. As Z value is less than -1.96, we reject the null hypothesis. Hence, we can say Students do not retain more learnings in online lectures.
2. As Z value is more than 1.96, we reject the null hypothesis. Hence, we can say students do feel online classes are more flexible and save time.
3. As Z value is less than -1.96, we reject the null hypothesis. Hence, we can say students do not feel online classes teach them self-discipline.
4. As Z value is greater than 1.96. we reject the null hypothesis. Hence, we can say there is a communication gap in online classes.
5. As Z value is greater than 1.96, we reject the null hypothesis. Hence, we can say online classes do save travel cost.