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dc.contributor.author | Ranasinghe, R. S. L. B. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-08T06:38:50Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-12-08T06:38:50Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Ranasinghe, R. S. L. B. (2023), Digital Divide & the Impact on Merit-Based University Admission: A Case of Sri Lanka, 14th International Conference on Business and Information, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka. 52 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/27113 | - |
dc.description.abstract | As the world has seen an unprecedented growth of technology resulting in the information age, the long-experienced issues of resource distribution inequalities, especially in developing nations have taken a drastic turn causing digital divide. Sri Lanka, with constant issues of disparity in a conventional outset, is yet to establish a proper association of digital disparity, in the case of education of country’s youth. The purpose of the study is to test whether a linear relationship exists in between the defined two variables and to establish directional impact from the predictor variable towards the outcome denoted. Quantitative data of continuous nature for a longitude of five years which are readily available in the public domain in secondary sources were used. Preliminary Pearson’s coefficient test was conducted to determine association while a detailed impact was tested using the simple regression analysis. Results indicated a strong positive linear relationship between the predictor and outcome variables. Regression analysis resulted in the establishment of a strong positive impact of computer literacy (lack of digital divide) towards university admission. As a linear association was established, and a potential causality proposed, it is concluded that the computer literacy or the lack of digital divide reflected by it, has a positive impact on university admission. Further studies in survey format or qualitative exploration would be instrumental in implementing curative steps for the matter. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka | en_US |
dc.subject | Computer Literacy, Digital Divide, Higher Education, Resource Distribution Disparity, University Admission | en_US |
dc.title | Digital Divide & the Impact on Merit-Based University Admission: A Case of Sri Lanka | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | ICBI 2023 |
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