Smart Phone usage Pattern: A Study of College Students

Abstract

With the advancement in technology the smart phones have grown ever more in past few years and the imperative segment of smart phone users is comprised of college students. In the present paper an attempt has been made to analyze the smart phone usage pattern of college students. The study has been conducted with a sample of 124 college/university students studying in Gurgaon. The study reveals some interesting facts about students mobile addiction and the way they use their smart phones. The results show that participants reported association between the numbers of applications downloaded and gender. It is shown that boys tend to download more mobile applications and replace their phones more frequently than girls. Our results also indicate that there is no relation in type of mobile phone used and gender. Survey also tells us about students preferences about common use of cell phone. For the purpose of data analysis, R programming software is used.

Keywords: Smart Phone, Usage Pattern, College Students, Gender, Data Analysis, R. Programming

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