DO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PREFER

TO LIVE IN BOARDING PLACES?

COMMUNICATION SKILLS - Group 19

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
TERMINOLOGY
OBJECTIVES
LIMITATIONS
PAST RESEARCH
LITERATURE REVIEW
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION
ANALYSED RESULTS
CONCLUSION
RECOMMENDATION
CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOCIETY
REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
Our project is to identify whether the university students

prefer to stay in a boarding or not.

The data was taken in three different ways.

By the results of the research we can come up with an

conclusion.

Finally from the conclusion we recommended a solution.

TERMINOLOGY
HOSTEL : an establishment which provides

inexpensive food and lodging for a specific

group of people, such as students, workers, or
travelers.
METHODOLOGY : a system of methods used in

a particular area of study or activity.

DORMITORY : is a building primarily providing

sleeping and residential quarters for large

numbers of people, often boarding school, 4

OBJECTIVES
To find out the problems

in hostel life
Why

some
students
prefer and why some do
not prefer hostels?

Are

the

students
satisfied
with
the
facilities provided?

LIMITATIONS

The research is limited to certain area to be analyzed (University of

Colombo and SLIIT - Malabe).

so only a few range of hostels and boarding places are available for
research.

PAST RESEARCH
Apart
from
questionnaires,
interviews,
surveys etc., students have undertaken
detailed analysis under the Qualitative and
Quantitative data.
Since this research was not done in a wide
scale, a solid reference could not be gained,
but , some minor sites containing information
about personal thought were obtained.

LITERATURE REVIEW

There are multi factors that affect their study habit in

boardings. Such factors can be due to:

1.Their environment

2.The type ofboardingsthey live in;

3.The people around them
4. The level of support they get.
In this research we studied about the advantages and
disadvantages of living in a dormitory or in a
boardinghouse.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
These are the two methods through
which the data is indented to be
collected
Distributing POLLS /Statistical analysis

(Quantitative method)

Questionnaires /Structured interview

questions (Qualitative methods)

METHODS OF DATA
COLLECTION
Network
Polls

Facebook
votings

Interviews

Over the
phone

Feedback
papers

Contacting
friends
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HOW THE QUESTIONNAIRES

WAS DONE
In SLIIT
premise
s

At
hoste
ls

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ANALYSIS
Two separate surveys were done
One with sample size of 42
Other with sample size 92

One online poll was done as an extra data collection

method

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DETAILED INFORMATION ON
ANALYSIS
Survey 1 (sample size 42): the analysis of the first survey are as
below

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Security, maintanance, environment and behaviour Survey

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19

19
16
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10

10
8

Yes

No

Unanswered

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Survey 2 (sample size 92): analysis form survey 2 are as below

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Boys preference (from survey

2) :

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girls preference (from survey 2) :

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Total Analysis :

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CONCLUSION
The students who are living at boarding places preferred to

stay at boarding places.

Majority of boys living at boarding places also preferred to

live at boarding places.

Majority of Girls living at boarding places DO NOT PREFER to

live at boarding places.

The final conclusion according the analysis is that the
student prefer boarding places more than homes.

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RECOMMENDATIONS
Hostels that allow visitors,
Hostels without limitations such as electricity and water

supply,
Hostels with proper maintenances,
Hostels with calm and clean environments,
Hostels closer to campus.
Hostels with proper maintenances,
Hostels with calm and clean environments,
Hostels closer to campus.

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CONTRIBUTION TO THE
SOCIETY THROUGH THIS
PROJECT
CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOCIETY THROUGH THIS PROJECT
Can provide students unknown information about
boarding's.
Able to provide information to parents about what
students like about hostels and dislike.

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REFERENCES
Anon., n.d. do-children-benefit-from-attending-boarding-school. [Online]

Available at: http://www.debate.org/opinions/do-children-benefit-fromattending-boarding-school

Anon., n.d. how-to-structure-the-research-limitations-section-of-yourdissertation. [Online]
Available at: http://dissertation.laerd.com/how-to-structure-the-researchlimitations-section-of-your-dissertation.php
Anon., n.d. qualitative-quantitative-research. [Online]
Available at :http
://www.snapsurveys.com/qualitative-quantitative-research/
Anon., n.d.
Undergraduate_Students_Satisfaction_with_Hostel_and_Sense_of_Attach
ment_to_Place_Case_Study_of_University_Sains_Malaysia. [Online]
Available at:
http://www.academia.edu/488208/Undergraduate_Students_Satisfaction_
with_Hostel_and_Sense_of_Attachment_to_Place_Case_Study_of_Universit
y_Sains_Malaysia
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Thank You

Group
19 :
P. Kogulraam
-EN14528842
Sarujan k
EN14084928
Gunathilaka H.L.M.P. EN14080586
M.B.Mohanraj
EN14543210

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