Possible hypotheses / research questions

1. What are graduate students' purposes for using YouTube?
2. How do graduate students feel about the impact of using YouTube on their academic performance? (SV)
3. Is there a significant difference between male and female graduate students in terms of using YouTube and active engagement? (SV)
4. Is there a significant difference between international and domestic graduate students in using YouTube? (SV)
5. Most Texas Tech students will admit that they check their social media accounts at bedtime. (SK)
6. Texas Tech students believe that checking social media at bedtime will not cause a sleeping disorder. (SK)
7. Female students will admit to checking their social media at bedtime more than male students. (SK)
8. Texas Tech students will state that they do not believe social media affects their success in a negative way. (SK)
9. Texas Tech students will admit that social media interrupt them while they are studying. (SK)
10. Most of the Texas Tech students have participated in the ice bucket challenge and donated to the ALS Foundation. (SK)
11. Texas Tech students will admit that social media have become very important in their lives. (FA)

12. Texas Tech students will identify negative effects of social media. (FA)
13. There will be no difference between men and women about using social media applications. (FA)
14. We would like to know what percent of Texas Tech students support or go against the "real name" policy on social media sites. (FL)
15. We would like to know what percent of Texas Tech students use their real names on all their social media sites. (FL)
16. We would like to know which social media sites Texas Tech students are using the most. (KNA)
17. We would like to know the reasons Texas Tech students use social media sites. (KNA)
18. We thought it would be likely that women expressed their emotions more on social media. (KNA)
19. We were curious about how many Texas Tech students connected to public figures on social media. (KNA)
20. We want to know how Texas Tech students feel about the influence of social media on friendships. (KNA)
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others that we have considered:
 (1)   People who identify as white and Asian tweet more than those who identify as African American and Hispanic.

(2)   The uses of social media differ between graduate and undergraduate students.

(3)   People will report that picture publication is more common in females than in males.

(4)   People will report that sharing feelings in social media is more common in females than in males.

(5)   Females will say they post more photos on Facebook more than males.

(6)  Students will report that instant and simple mobile communication tools are more widely used than Facebook and email among college students.

(7) People will say that they obtain information from social media, even when the accuracy of the information from the social media remains to be proved.

(8) If a merchant puts more expert’s suggestion in advertisements, this may influence men’s purchase decision to a large degree.
(9) People will report many negative effects of social media.
(10) People will report that social media are very important to them.
(11) Students will admit checking their social media while driving.
(12) Females will admit checking their social media while driving more than males
(13) Male students use Twitter more than females, especially on game day
(14) Females check their social media at bedtime more than males.
(15) Males will claim to have more Facebook friends than females.
(16) We are curious about differences in profile style (Facebook), time spent on Facebook, and activities (i.e. posting pictures, expressing feelings, sharing links)

*Note: We will work on these and change them, as time goes by. Keep in mind that we can measure only what people feel or say. You may use these or others that you develop yourself. Our purpose is to derive them from the readings so that it is clear that we have a good reason to believe things will turn out the way they do. If we really have no idea, it's better to frame it as a research question!