Statistical Analysis of Survey on Addiction to Social Media and Its Implications on Physical and Mental Health

Abstract

Iannotti et al. (2009), Lenhart et al. (2015) and Keles et al. (2019) studied the impact of social media particularly on the adolescents. Catering to a larger section of the population in terms of age and occupation, this study through the survey aims to understand the contribution of the factors leading to addiction to social media and their interplay. The impact of addiction to social media on physical and mental health of the respondent is also studied. The survey was conducted through a Google Form and 1056 responses were garnered. The data collected on 19 parameters was analyzed through various statistical tools. Through the survey, it was found that an increased use of social media has a negative effect on physical health and mental health. The findings obtained are data dependent.

Keywords

• chi-square test of independence
• cronbach's alpha
• z-test for difference of proportions
• logistic regression
• discriminant analysis