interpretation of data.docx

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Report. 7

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Interpretation Of Data

1. Frequency of Internet use

Frequency of Internet use Number of students

Everyday 16

More than once a week 4

Once a week 0

Once a month 0

2. Amount of time spent on the Internet

Amount of time Number of students

Less than 1 hour a day 1

2-4 hours a day 2

5-6 hours a day 10

More than 6 hours a day 7

3. Most frequently used location of Internet use

Location Number of students

At college or work 0

At home 5

At the library 2

At hostel 13

Others 0

4. Most frequently used search engine

Search engine Number of studentsGoogle 20

Yahoo 0

Bing 0

Others 0


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5. Ways to connect Internet network

Ways to connect Internet Number of students

College wireless 11

Private wireless 4

Broadband 5

6. Purposes for browsing Internet

*The table below according to this scale

1- Mostly use

2- Oftenly used

3- Moderately use

4- Least used

Purposes Scale

1 2 3 4

Research 5 3 5 7

Entertainment 7 0 6 7

Information 5 13 2 0

Communication 3 4 7 6

7. Surfing the Internet for research

Purposes Number of students

Assignment 13

Extra notes 3

Others 4

8. Surfing the Internet for entertainment

Purposes Number of studentsMusic 15

Internet TV 1

Gaming 2

Shopping 2


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9. Surfing the Internet for information


News 4

Journal 5

Encyclopedia 3Blog 8

10. Surfing the Internet for communication


Social networking 19

Chat rooms 1

Instant messenger 0


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Graphs

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Numberofstudents

Purposes

Graph 1: Purposes surfing the Internet For Research

Assignment

Extra notes

Others

15

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4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Numberofstudents

Purposes

Graph 2: Purposes surfing the Internet For Entertainment

Music

Internet TV

Gaming

Shopping


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Numberofstudents

Purposes

Graph 3: Purposes surfing the Internet For Information

News

Journal

Encyclopedia

Blog

19

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umberofstudents

Purposes

Graph 4: Purposes surfing the Internet ForCommunication

Social networking

Chat rooms

Instant messenger


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Report

Internet and Its Uses

A research was conducted among 20 students at the Institut Pendidikan Guru

Kampus Ilmu Khas (IPGIK). The aim of this study was to find out the uses of the

Internet among students. In addition, the survey was carried out by distributing a

questionnaire with 10 items to the students. Based on the research, the data was

collected and analysed by using four bar graphs.

Firstly, graph 1 shows the purposes of students surf the Internet. They go online

on the Internet to do research. There are three reasons why students use the Internet

for research which are for assignment, extra notes and others. The highest number of

students browses the Internet for assignment which is 5 students. Moreover, 5 students

also do research for other purpose, while there is only 3 students use the Internet for

extra notes which is slightly less prevalent than assignment and other purposes.

Secondly, graph 2 indicates the reasons why students go online for

entertainment. Music, Internet TV, gaming and shopping are the main purposes. Based

on the graph, the highest number of students search the Internet mostly for music which

is 15 students, but there is only 2 students used it for gaming and shopping. Besides

that, Internet TV is the least popular entertainment chosen by only 1 student.

Next, graph 3 represents the students objective surfing the Internet which is to

get the information. According to the graph, the motives of the students going online on

the Internet for information are due to reading the news, finding journal, searching

meaning of words in encyclopedia, and also blogging. Blogging is the main reason and

has the highest number of students online for this purpose which is 8 studentscompared to journal which is about 5 students. On the other hand, about 4 students

browse the Internet to read news and there are only 3 students who use the Internet for

searching meaning of words in encyclopedia.


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Then, graph 4 shows the students purposes browsing the Internet for

communication. Social networking, chat rooms, and instant messenger are the common

reasons of students online for communication. Social networking is the most popular

method chosen by 19 students to communicate. Contrary to social networking, there is

only 1 student used chat rooms for communication, whereas there is no single student

who used instant messenger as a way of communication.

In conclusion, most of students surf the Internet to do research for their

assignments. Next, music becomes the most popular entertainment among students in

IPGIK. Then, blogging also has the highest number of students browse to get

information online. Last but not least, most of students in IPGIK like to communicate

through social networking such as Facebook and Twitter.

(450 words)


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References

Christine Tan & Yong Fui Yin, (2009). 150 Model Essays for SPM English. Johor Bahru:

Penerbitan Pelangi Sdn. Bhd.

Little Oxford Thesaurus, (2006). United States: Oxford University Press Inc. New York.


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