{"id":24097,"date":"2026-01-24T12:26:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/?p=24097"},"modified":"2026-01-24T12:26:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:56:45","slug":"a-comparative-study-of-student-ratings-of-selected-laptop-brands-using-one-way-anova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/?p=24097","title":{"rendered":"A Comparative Study of Student Ratings of Selected laptop brands Using One-Way ANOVA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height: 18.4px;font-size: medium;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;text-decoration: none\"><b><u>Topic<\/u><\/b><u>\u00a0<\/u>&#8211; A Comparative Study of Student Ratings of Selected laptop brands Using One-Way ANOVA<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height: 18.4px;font-size: medium;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;text-decoration: none\"><b><u>Author<\/u><\/b><u>\u00a0<\/u>\u2013 Kanak Singh<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height: 18.4px;font-size: medium;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;text-decoration: none\"><b><u>Introduction<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height: 18.4px;font-size: medium;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;text-decoration: none\">Laptops play a vital role in students\u2019 academic and personal activities. With multiple brands available in the market, students often rate laptops based on performance, reliability, and overall user experience. This study compares student ratings of HP, Lenovo, Dell &amp; Mac laptops using One-Way ANOVA to identify differences in user preference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height: 18.4px;font-size: medium;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;text-decoration: none\"><b><u>Objectives of the Study<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->To understand the underlying phenomena of problem<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height: 18.4px;font-size: medium;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;text-decoration: none\"><b><u>Literature Review<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span><span>1.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->Mishra and Shyam Shah (2020) examined consumer brand preferences for laptops and found that brand image, price, and key features significantly influence consumer choice and preference among laptop brands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span><span>2.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->Ranjith &amp; Goyal (2011) conducted a study on consumer perception of laptops and reported that lifestyle and user priorities such as performance, portability, and battery life impact brand preference in the laptop market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height: 18.4px;font-size: medium;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;text-decoration: none\"><b><u>Data Collection<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><b>Type of Data:<\/b>\u00a0Primary data<b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;color: #000000;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;text-decoration: none;margin-top: 0cm\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Method:<\/b>\u00a0Questionnaire (Google forms)<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Sample Size:<\/b>\u00a040\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Scale Used:<\/b>\u00a0Rating scale (1 to 10)<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Sampling Technique:<\/b>\u00a0Convenience sampling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height: 18.4px;font-size: medium;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;text-decoration: none\"><b><u>Data Analysis<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->Statistical<b>\u00a0<\/b>Tool Used<b>:<\/b>\u00a0One-Way ANOVA (Single Factor)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->Purpose<b>:<\/b>\u00a0To test whether the mean ratings of HP, Lenovo, Dell &amp; Mac laptops\u00a0\u00a0differ significantly.<\/p>\n<table class=\"MsoTableGrid\" style=\"color: #000000;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;text-decoration: none;margin-left: 36pt;border-collapse: collapse;border: medium\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 225.4pt;border: 1pt solid windowtext;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0cm;line-height: normal;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;text-align: justify\">LAPTOP BRANDS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 225.4pt;border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: solid solid solid none;border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext currentcolor;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"margin: 0cm;line-height: normal;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;text-align: justify\">AVERAGE RATINGS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 225.4pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;line-height: normal;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;text-align: justify\">HP<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 225.4pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: none solid solid none;border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;line-height: normal;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;text-align: justify\">7.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 225.4pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;line-height: normal;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;text-align: justify\">LENOVO<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 225.4pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: none solid solid none;border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;line-height: normal;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;text-align: justify\">7.73<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 225.4pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;line-height: normal;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;text-align: justify\">DELL<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 225.4pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: none solid solid none;border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;line-height: normal;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;text-align: justify\">8.03<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 225.4pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;line-height: normal;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;text-align: justify\">MAC<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 225.4pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: none solid solid none;border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;line-height: normal;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;text-align: justify\">9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height: 18.4px;font-size: medium;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;text-decoration: none\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->The calculated F-value is 30.94, which is significantly higher than the critical F-value of 2.66.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->The p-value (9.49 \u00d7 10<span style=\"font-family: 'Cambria Math', serif\">\u207b<\/span>\u00b9\u2076) is much lower than the significance level of 0.05.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->Since p-value &lt; 0.05, the null hypothesis (H\u2080) stating that all laptop brands have equal mean ratings is rejected, and the alternative hypothesis (H\u2081) is accepted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt 18pt;line-height: 18.4px;font-size: medium;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;text-decoration: none\"><b><u>Conclusion<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->The One-Way ANOVA results indicate that there is a statistically significant difference in student ratings among the selected laptop brands. Among the 4 brands, Mac received the highest average rating, followed by Dell, Lenovo, and HP. This suggests that students perceive Mac laptops as superior in terms of overall performance and user satisfaction compared to the other brands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt 18pt;line-height: 18.4px;font-size: medium;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;text-decoration: none\"><b><u>References<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><b><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/b><a style=\"color: #96607d;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/mbajournals.in\/index.php\/JoCBMR\/article\/view\/556\"><b>https:\/\/mbajournals.in\/index.php\/JoCBMR\/article\/view\/556<\/b><\/a><b><u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><a style=\"color: #96607d;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianjournalofmarketing.com\/index.php\/ijom\/article\/view\/37678\"><b>https:\/\/www.indianjournalofmarketing.com\/index.php\/ijom\/article\/view\/37678<\/b><\/a><b><u><\/u><\/b><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic\u00a0&#8211; A Comparative Study of Student Ratings of Selected laptop brands Using One-Way ANOVA Author\u00a0\u2013 Kanak Singh Introduction Laptops play a vital role in students\u2019 academic and personal activities. With multiple brands available in the market, students often rate laptops based on performance, reliability, and overall user experience. This study compares student ratings of HP,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/?p=24097\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Comparative Study of Student Ratings of Selected laptop brands Using One-Way ANOVA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140066,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/140066"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24098,"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24097\/revisions\/24098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sachdevajk.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}