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    Impact of Social Networking Media Usage on the Academic Performance of Students of the Redeemer’s University
    (2017-10) Okewole, Dorcas Modupe
    Online social networking has taken the centre stage among the many services offered by the Internet. Young people and students of higher institutions in particular have taken keen interest in interactions on the social media. In view of perceived decline in students’ academic performances, pundits have suggested that unbridled indulgences in social media could have a major role in their poor performances. In this study, we investigate the impact of the social media networking on the academic performances of students of the Redeemer’s University. A sample of 200 students were drawn across departments on proportional basis. A structured questionnaire was administered, processed and analysed. From the results, it was discovered that only the size of friendship on the social media has significant impacts on students’ performances. Factors such as daily time spent and hourly time spent on social media have no significant effect on the students’ academic performance.
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    Impact of Social Networking Media Usage on the Academic Performance of Students of Redeemer's University.
    (International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, 2017-10) Oguntunde, Bosede
    Online social networking has taken the centre stage among the many services offered by the Internet. Young people and students of higher institutions in particular have taken keen interest in interactions on the social media. In view of perceived decline in students' academic performances, pundits have suggested taht unbridled indulgences in social media could have a major role in their poor performances. in this study, we investigate the impact of the social media networking on the academic performances of students of the Redeemer's University. A sample f 200 students were drawn across departments on proportional basis. A structured questionaire was administered, processed and analysed. From the results, it was discovered that only the size of friendship on the social media has significant impacts on students' performances. Factors such as daily time spent and hourly time spent on social media have no signifcant effect on the students' academic performance.
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    Modelling the Impact of Continuous Assessment Tests on Final Grade in a Course
    (International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, 2020-01) Okewole, Dorcas Modupe
    This study is an application of multi-equation system modelling to evaluate the effect of Continuous Assessment (CA) tests on academic performance. Understanding and consequently having good grades in statistics is generally presumed to be a difficult task for many students. Many factors contribute to academic performance, but the concern at the moment is on CA and other extraneous factors. The model was a 2-equation system. The first structural equation expresses final grade as a function of CA, and the second expresses CA as a function of the frequency of conducting CA and class attendance. Two service courses in statistics were used for the study. The results showed the frequency of CA and attendance to be highly significant (P<0.01) in explaining the variation in CA, while, as expected, CA significantly affects the final grades. Estimation of a simple regression of final grade on attendance revealed that attendance was significant (P<0.01) but not when final grade was regressed on both CA and attendance. This disagreement could be attributed to the multicollinearity of CA and attendance. Thus, multi-equation modelling enables the consideration of variables that could further help to improve on CA and, consequently, on the final grade without drawing a wrong inference.