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Edit question Extracurricular Activities and Their Effect on the Student's Grade Point Average: Statistical Study Bakoban, R. A.; Aljarallah, S. A. Educational Research and Reviews, v10 n20 p2737-2744 Oct 2015 Extracurricular activities (ECA) are part of students' everyday life; they play important roles in students' lives. Few studies have addressed the question of how student engagements to ECA affect student's grade point average (GPA). This research was conducted to know whether the students' grade point average in King Abdulaziz University, Faisaliah campus is affected by their participation in the ECA. This study also studied the students' satisfaction on ECA. The study sample includes 239 students chosen via simple random sampling method. The study used inferential statistics to analyze this study design. To achieve the purpose of this study, a questionnaire (comprising 19 questions) was designed. The results showed that participation in ECA affects the students' GPA in a positive way. The study found that those who participated in ECA have higher GPA than those who did not; the study also found that the time spent participating in ECA did not affect the time students usually spend on studying (the result showed there wasn't any relationship between them). Furthermore, the study showed that students, based on faculty, are generally satisfied with the available extracurricular activities in the campus. I need to critique article (Extracurricular Activities and their effect on the students grade point average: statistical study) and answer this questions. 1. Introduction to paper 2. For this article describe problem researcher is examining. 3. What is the hypothesis for this article? For this article explain the null and alternative hypothesis. 4. What are the independent and dependent variablesfor this article? 5. What is the internal validity in the study for this article? 6. What was the composition of the sample selected for this article. 7. What type of study is it, observational, experimental, ect for this article? Explain why. 8. What type of statistics was used in study, what are the results for this article? 9. Where the results significant, at what level significant for this article? 10. What implications do the results have in this article? What type of external validity was found in study in this article ? Comment

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In this article, primary goals of extracurricular activities (ECA) were to focus on the individual (student) level, institutional level, and broader community level. The development of an individual is the principal goal of extracurricular activities on faculties and in university campuses; the numerous experiences these activities afford positively impact the students' emotional, intellectual, social, and inter-personal development.

The main objective of this study is to examine whether ECA has any effects on the GPA of the students in King Abdulaziz University, Faisaliah Campus (Fc), and to also determine the students’ satisfaction on the ECAs in the campus.

The null hypothesis is whatever the students are not satisfied about the available ECA, there is no significant effect of participation in ECA on the student’s GPA, there is no significant effect in faculty that student are in on the hours of participation in ECA and their GPA, there is no significant effect of the students’ type of faculty and participation in ECA on their GPA.

The dependent variables are: Students’ GPA, study hours (per day), the amount of time spent on ECA (per month)

The independent variables are: Major (type of faculty) and whether student participate in ECA or not. Also, student’s level; level refers to the current year and semester

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