A local college newsletter reported that the average American college student spends one hour (60 minutes) on a social media website daily. But you wonder if there is a difference between males and females. What procedure should be used to test if there is difference between males and females.

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Akira Mckee

Social Studies

17 April, 14:10

A local college newsletter reported that the average American college student spends one hour (60 minutes) on a social media website daily. But you wonder if there is a difference between males and females. What procedure should be used to test if there is difference between males and females.

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Lara Forbes · Answer 1

Opinion sampling by gender

Explanation:

This implies conducting either an oral or written question and interview with a particular focus on the sex. This sampling is referred to as primary data which is then used to determine their difference.

Given that it involves social media, Google form of survey monkey are good platforms for this purpose.

Kristopher · Answer 2

Mann-whitney U test can be used

Explanation:

The Mann-Whitney U test is used to compare differences between two independent groups when the dependent variable is either ordinal or continuous, but not normally distributed. For example, the Mann-Whitney U test could be used to understand whether attitudes towards pay discrimination, attitudes are measured on an ordinal scale, difference based on gender (i. e., your dependent variable would be "attitudes towards pay discrimination" and your independent variable would be "gender", which has two groups: "male" and "female").