2. Problem and Hypothesis Problem: “Is there a change in attitudes concerning online privacy between freshmen and seniors at NJIT?” Ho: There is no difference in attitudes between freshmen and seniors at NJIT, concerning their attitudes towards online privacy. H1: There is a difference in attitudes between freshmen and seniors at NJIT, concerning their attitudes towards online privacy.
3. Our Method Freshmen or Senior identification On the spot questionnaires Stress Anonymity
5. Our Results Privacy Concern and Grades Question: You have done academically well this semester and the school counselors want to display your semester grades on the school’s public forum as an example of a student excelling at school. Would you be willing to allow the counselors to post your grades on the public domain? The p-value is 0.024. If it’s low it’s got to go. Reject H0 because, with 95% confidence, there is a difference between freshmen and seniors on the likelihood that either would be comfortable having their grades posted on the school’s public domain.
6. Our Results Privacy Concern and Jobs Question: Would you be inclined to turn down a particular job opportunity, if the potential employer requires open access to your social networking website? DF = 2. The critical value of χ² is 5.991. The Pearson Chi-Square for this table is 8.883. Also, the P-Value = 0.012.
7. Our Results Privacy Concern and Jobs Question: Do you think that our modern technological world forces us to sacrifice too much of our privacy to stay connected with others? Reject H0 because the critical value of χ² is 3.841, and the calculated value is 4.493
8. What We Learned Similar Online activity and presence. Equally aware of online exposure. Difference amongst filtered information. Seniors delete or filter out compromising information. Study is in line with our assumptions. Unfavorable results- People my have just filled out questions/ sample size.
