ERIC Number: EJ1210187
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Internet Usage Proficiency of College Students
Raju, Chitra; Anitha, S.
Excellence in Education Journal, v6 n1 p50-60 Win 2017
The major objective of this study was to examine the difference between the mean scores of proficiency in Internet usage of college students with respect to gender, locality, subject, parental monthly income, and internet usage time per day. Three hundred college students from various colleges of Kanyakumari district in India were selected by stratified random sampling method. The findings of the study revealed that male and female students did not differ significantly in their Internet usage proficiency. Rural and urban students, computer science and non-computer science students, three groups of students classified on the basis of parental monthly income, and four groups of students based on the time spent for Internet usage differed significantly in their Internet usage proficiency.
Descriptors: College Students, Internet, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Rural Areas, Urban Areas, Computer Science, Family Income, Time on Task, Computer Uses in Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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