How can residence affect academic performance

From the table above, the following conclusions can be deduced. In the gender category, the female with a percentage of The students that are 19 years and below formed the major bulk of respondents in the age categorization by having a percentage of In respect to the place of student abode, there seems to be uniformity in the number of students that answer to the three categories of housing specified in the research.

However, students that live farther from the school campus have a percentage of In terms of academic performance, Table 1 Cross Tabulation and Chi-Square Statistics of student place of abode and academic performance. Not assuming the null hypothesis. Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis. This result can further be buttressed by the Cramer V statistics output which seek to examine the strength of association.

Furthermore, in order to examine if the gender of the respondents have relationship with preference of residential location, we again use the Chi- square statistic to investigate any relationship of dependence. The result is shown in the table 2 below Figure 2. Table 2 Cross Tabulation and Chi-Square Statistics of gender in relation to their accommodation location. The Cramer V statistics value of 0. From the cross tabulation table, female students accounted for Table 3 Cross Tabulation and Chi-Square Statistics of age group in relation to their accommodation location.

Age exerts some influence in the choice of accommodation location. Generally, students that can be termed younger tend to reside on campus while much older students would desire to live outside the school environment. Following the result outputs generated from the analysis of data collected, it can be deduced that the choice of accommodation locations does not have a significant relationship on the academic performance of students according to this study. It can hereby be concluded that irrespective of where students choose to reside whether on campus halls or outside of the school campus, their academic performances is not dependent on this according to this study.

However, it can be deduced that female students express preference for on campus hall of residence and also, younger students usually below the age of 19 years prefer the choice of university hall of residence than older counterparts. However as this study is limited by time and finance, future studies would provide a wider perspective especially if other students from other institutions can be included in the study and if metrics like grade points of students can be added as they are a good measure for accessing the academic performance of students in institutions of learning.

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Research Article Volume 6 Issue 4. Keywords: off-campus, on-campus, performance, facilities, structure. Statement of problem Despite the suppose advantages accruable in having a university hall of residence as a place of abode and huge investment made by university administrations to erect dormitories structures on their campuses, most students still express great preference in residing outside the campus environment. Section 1 : Descriptive Statistics of the Surveyed students.

Figure 1 Showing the bar-chart of the location and the performance of students. Value Approx. Nominal by Nominal Phi.

Figure 2 Showing the bar-chart of the gender and the location. Figure 3 Showing the bar-chart of the Age category and the location.

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