Academic use of ChatGPT correlates most strongly with its use for language-related tasks¶

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q2 i3 The strongest and most significant correlation among the scaled questionnaire answers was between academic use (Q3) and language-related use (Q5), r = 0.61, p = 6.7 × 10−44. → Singh 2023

Evidence¶

Singh 2023¶

Singh, H.; Tayarani-Najaran, M.-H.; Yaqoob, M. (2023). Exploring Computer Science Students' Perception of ChatGPT in Higher Education: A Descriptive and Correlation Study. Educ. Sci. 2023, 13, 924. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13090924

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Pearson correlation analysis of scaled answers (Questions 2–7) from 430 students, reported in the Discussion. The correlation between academic use and language-related use was r = 0.61 with p-value 6.7 × 10−44, which the authors call "the strongest and most significant correlation observed among the data".

"At 0.61, with the p-value 6.7 × 10−44, this is the strongest and most significant correlation observed among the data."

Discussion¶

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