Title: Having a safe and affordable mode of transportation to college.
Researchers-
Minoti Sikka (80012100023)
Veda Kothamachu (80012100039)
Subham Halder (80012100033)
Shalini (80012100034)
Introduction-
In our country, there is a notion that it is still difficult to find a safe mode of public transportation especially for woman and for men too. Through our research we are aiming to conclude whether people feel that public transportation can be safe and affordable, especially for college students.
Objective-
To get the views of college students, on how they rate the safety when travelling in public transportation.
Data collection-
For the given problem, five questions were framed on Likert scale.
Following are the five questions-
1. I travel when there are fewer people on the bus/train.
2. I prefer missing a class to a heavily populated bus/ train.
3. There are proper safety measures in the public transport system.
4. I prefer traveling with a friend/family member to traveling alone.
5. I feel the train is safer than the bus.
Following are the null and alternative hypothesis of the above mentioned questions:
1) Null hypothesis- People travel when there are fewer people on the bus/train.
Alternate hypothesis-People travel even if there are not fewer people on the bus/train.
2) Null hypothesis- People prefer missing a class to boarding a heavily populated bus/train.
Alternate hypothesis-People do not prefer missing a class to boarding a heavily populated.
3) Null hypothesis-People believe that there are proper safety measures in the public transport system.
Alternate hypothesis-People believe there are not proper safety measures in the public transport.
4) Null hypothesis-People prefer travelling with a friend/ family member to travelling alone.
Alternate hypothesis-There is no preference to travelling with a friend/ family member to travelling alone.
5) Null hypothesis- People feel that trains are safer than buses.
Alternate hypothesis-People don’t feel that trains are safer than buses.
We prepared a Google form, where we framed the questions, which were then sent to college students from different parts of India. A total of 100 people responded to the survey. The options provided on the Likert scale were “Strongly Disagree”, “Disagree”, “Neutral”, “Agree” and “Strongly Agree”. We converted the collected data into an excel sheet, and the result was calculated with the formula: Z=(X-μ)/SE, where μ was taken as ‘3’. (Since the scale was from 1 to 5).
Data Analysis-
Mean-
1)2.54022989
2)3.27586207
3)3.68965517
4)2.64367816
5)2.49425287
.
Standard Deviation:
1)1.19888124
2)1.32673454
3)1.00360217
4)1.22926535
5)0.87435775
.
Standard Error:
1)0.12853356
2)0.14224087
3)0.10759745
4)0.13179108
5)0.09374099
.
Z-Value:
1)-3.5770433
2)1.93940084
3)6.40958677
4)-2.7036871
5)-5.3951545
.
Results:
1) Z is negative
2)Z is positive
3)Z is positive
4)Z is negative
5)Z is negative
.
Findings:
1)People travel even if there are not fewer people on the bus/train
2)People prefer missing a class to boarding a heavily populated bus/ train.
3)People believe that there are proper safety measures in the public transport system.
4)There is no preference to traveling with a friend/family member over traveling alone.
5)People don’t feel that trains are safer than buses.