Cybercrime and Cyber Law Awareness Among Undergraduate Students: A Study of Government Degree College, Kukatpally, Telangana.

The study examined differences in cybercrime and cyber law awareness scores among BA, B.Com. and B.Sc. students at Government Degree College, Kukatpally. The one-way ANOVA indicated an overall difference in mean awareness scores across the three academic groups. The magnitude of the association was assessed using eta-squared, while post-hoc comparisons are required to identify the specific groups that differ significantly. The findings may inform the design of cyber safety awareness programmes in higher education. However, conclusions should be interpreted in light of the study's sampling method, the scope of the knowledge assessment and its single-institution setting. The analysis demonstrates the importance of comparing group means using both between-course and within-course variation. The within-course error term represents differences among students within the same course and provides the reference against which the differences between course means are assessed. The findings highlight the importance of structured cybercrime and cyber law awareness programmes in higher education. Nevertheless, the statistical results must be verified using the original student-level responses, and post-hoc comparisons should be conducted before definitive conclusions are drawn about differences between particular courses. Future studies involving multiple colleges and additional explanatory variables could provide a broader understanding of cybercrime awareness and digital safety practices among undergraduate students.

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