Does facebooking on mobile phones while learning distract students in universities? Dr Mukonda measured the reaction times of 80 students as they facebooked on mobile phones at Rusangu univesity and found that the average level of distraction from their studies was rated to be 60 percent. Explain what was Dr Mukonda’s population, Sample, statistic, parametes and variables.
Solution:
Yes, obviously, facebooking on mobile phones while learning distracts students in universities. Their focus would be on facebook instead of learning.
The population could be students that do facebooking on mobile phones while learning in universities.
The sample is 80 students of the study.
The sample statistic is the average level of distraction from their learning – the mean is 60%.
The parameter is proportion which equals to 60% or 0.6.
The random variable is the student doing facebooking on mobile phone while learning in university.
