CHAPTER 4

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

TABLE 1.0

Arbitrary Scale Choices

5 4.50-5.00 Always
4 3.50-4.49 Usually
3 2.50-3.39 Sometimes
2 1.50-2.49 Rarely
1 1.00-1.49 Never

TABLE 1.1

AGE PROFILE OF RESPONDENTS

Age Number of Percentage Rank

Respondents
14 3 7.5 4
15 11 27.5 2
16 21 52.5 1
17 5 12.5 3

Based on table 1.1, most respondents were around 16 years old, 16-year-old
respondents were 21 respondents with a percentage of 52.5%. The 11 respondents are
15 years old, 27.5% in percentage. In addition, there were also respondents that are
older. The 5 respondents are 17 years of age, equivalent to 12.5% and the least
respondents were 14 years old with 3 respondents equivalent to 7.5%.
 TABLE 1.2

GENDER PROFILE OF RESPONDENTS

Gender Number of Percentage Rank

Respondents
Female 25 62.5 1
Male 15 37.5 2
Total 40 100

Based on table 1.2, majority of the gender of the respondents are female with 25
respondents equivalent to 62.5% while the male were only 15 respondents equivalent to
37.5%.

TABLE 1.3

Consequences/Effects to Mental Behavior

Consequences/Effects to Mental Weighted Verbal Rank

Behavior Mean Interpretation
I know that I became independent to 3.55 Often 2
Internet.
I know that social media is fun and 3.2 Sometimes 3
learning.
I become lazy or having escapism. 3.2 Sometimes 4
Social media affects my mental ability to 3 Sometimes 5
create unique things.
I used social media as my disclosure on 2.83 Sometimes 6
everything.
Social media made me away from 2.38 Rarely 7
doing/researching.
I know that social media really 2.32 Rarely 8
entertaining.
Social media gives me another world of 2.29 Rarely 9
communicating.
I do not know how to control my time 2.23 Rarely 10
using social media.
I know that I became independent to 3.55 Often 2
Internet.

TABLE 1.4

Weighted Verbal Rank

Mean Interpretation

TABLE 1.6
 Weighted Verbal Rank
Mean Interpretation

Table Mean Percentage Rank