ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF INTEREST RATE CHANGES ON INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

This fictional research project looks at how often college freshmen use social media and how it correlates with their grades. The research polls two hundred undergraduates across disciplines and years about their social media use, grades, and study habits to identify potential predictors of academic achievement. The research found an inverse correlation between time spent on social media and grade point average. Students who use social media more often than their peers likely to do worse academically. The research also concludes that effective time management skills might mitigate the detrimental effects of social media use on academic achievement. Students’ time management abilities determine how much of an influence social media use has on their academic achievement. Implications for initiatives to improve undergraduates’ academic performance are substantial. Skills in time management and interventions to reduce social media use may be useful in this regard. Better academic results may also result from efforts to encourage good study habits, psychological wellness, and a reasonable balance between social media use and schoolwork.