Computing Assignment Technology

Question: Discuss about the Computing Assignment Technology. Answer: Introduction Technology is advancing each day, with the Fitbit/Smartwatches being one of the many techs that can be used to monitor a persons activities. This technology helps people to keep fit given that it is important. Most of the people work for long hours and exercising may not be allocated any time or even pushed to the back burner. The smartwatch does more than counting the steps the wearer takes. It checks the heart rate, water levels in the body, monitors the food intake, sleep, hourly and weekly activities, among others. This gadget has helped lots of people around the world and will continue if taken positively. Therefore, this report will evaluate whether those with this gadget visits the gym as frequent as those that do not have. Therefore, the primary focus will be to determine whether the distribution of those with Fitbit and those without visits the gym equally. The primary objectives are: Determine whether the number of those visiting the gym is dependent on having a Fitbit/smartwatch. Lay down a strategy that can improve the use of Fitbit and visiting the gym. Test whether the new strategy is well taken by people. Therefore, these objectives will act as the backbone of the research, by which researcher will be able to determine whether the suggestion of new implementation is well taken. In this case, the gym should consider making Fitbit a requirement during exercise. That is, they should ensure that people use this tech when in the gym and educate them benefits accrued. It is of great importance since gym should benefit physical fitness as well as improve the health. Literature Review Statistics indicate that one out of ten US adults has a Fitbit/smartwatches, with 54% female and 71% male (Fumo, 2016). Important to determine why most of the male uses this gadget. There are a number of drawbacks that make most women not to wear these products. One being, that there is no wide variety to select from, and that they have a masculine look. Also, most of the women see it as much more than they need, or not of any benefit to them. (Torralba, 2016) give five main reasons women do not wear the smartwatches. First, given the choosy nature of women, the Fitbit do not come with variety; design-wise. Thus, not fitting their liking. Women require more items to choose from, and the Fitbit do not give them this opportunity. Perhaps this is the main reason for most of the females not owing s smartwatch. Perhaps, its because they dont look pretty when they are worn, even though there are golden strapped; this is yet a limited selection. Women will highly appreciate a something that is quite different and at the same classy, fitting their personality and chic at the same time. For instance, leather straps on the smartwatch are overrated, although perfectly functional. Even though this aspect has been addressed in the recent by CES 2016 Huawei, there are some of the assumptions that all women have small wrists. The assumption is that small strap smartwatches are for women, large for male and extra-large for very large men. Also, this gadgets manufacturing is full of stereotypes. Manufacturers think that pink color id more girly. More recently, women are selecting items that are gender neutral, and which can be mixed with the daily outfit. Also, it should be noted that just like men, women also have different tastes and preferences. The smartwatch should also not exclusively be objectivated on its functionality; rather the manufacturers should consider producing commodities that can be worn on a daily basis. Therefore, the manufacturers should not limit the look of the smartwatch as sporty but should have a look that should accommodate different scenarios. Lastly but not least, women do not see the need of using the smartwatches, which may be a blame that can be focused on the marketing of this commodity. This may benefit them in most ways and the best thing to do when marketing is stating how they can improve the life of women, physically and health wise. Data Analysis Since this research seeks to determine whether the male and female are using the smartwatches, while at the gym equally, lay down a strategy to improve the utilization of these gadgets at the gym and also test whether the strategy is positively taken. A number of analyses were carried out. First, a sample of 100 individuals that were given questionnaires to fill. In this case, the data to be used are for student id: 11500414, and two categorical variables were considered. The variables are; Q1: Gender, and Q7: Do use Fitbit/smartwatch? Which will help in determining whether the use of Fitbit/smartwatch and gender are independent (not associated)? Therefore, the chi-square test will assist in answering the research question: is the use of Fitbit/smartwatch and sex are independent? The p-value .1759 shows that there is sufficient evidence against H1. Therefore, the decision is made in favor of the null hypothesis. In other words, the results point that the use of Fitbit/smartwatch and gender are independent (are not associated). That is, the use of this gadget is not associated with gender. This implies that the use of smartwatch by gender is not significantly different; men and women at the gym use the smartwatch equally. Also, using the Chi-Square Test Statistic = 1.8322 is less than the critical value 3.8415, which supports the failing of rejecting the null hypothesis. New strategy Given that there is no difference between the male and female use of the Fitbit. Therefore, a new strategy needs to be setup to increase the utilization of this gadget on a daily routine, since only 19% (19 out of 100) of those that goes to the gym use them. The gym should encourage people taking this gadget as one necessity for exercise since it can measure the heartbeat, body water, sleep, among another vital aspect that can maximize the effect of exercise. So, the gym can help people attending for exercising to secure smartwatches. This can be achieved through, increasing the fee with some margin which will purchase the watch and the rest should be paid in consecutive monthly payments. Through this strategy, people exercising will get this gadget more easily. To evaluate whether this strategy will work, a survey was carried out on 1000 participants, whether they were asked whether they supported the new idea. The data were collected, and there was a need to test whether it was effecting. Since the confidence interval of those that agreed with the new strategy is between 86.95% and 90.25%, which does not contain 0.5. It implies that we are 90% confident that people like the new strategy. Therefore, above 50% of the customers support the new change strategy to increase the use of Fitbit in gyms. Conclusion The research was successfully executed and the objectives achieved. First, the research shows that the utilization of a smart watch in both male and female is independent. In simple terms, the use of Fitbit is not associated with the gender. This means that the use of these gadgets is not significantly different between male and female. Also, a new strategy was laid down whether the gym operators are supposed to help the gym participants in purchasing the smart watch, which they will repay in installments. Consequently, most of the people attending the gym will have this gadget that will help them in exercising. Finally, a survey was carried out to determine whether people support the new strategy. It was established that most of the people (above 50%) support the new changes. The results suggest that the new strategy should be implemented as it will be of benefit and people will take is positive. References Fumo, N. (2016). Why Women Arent Buying Smartwatches. [online] Racked. Available at: https://www.racked.com/2016/1/12/10750446/smartwatches-women-apple-huawei-jawbone [Accessed 29 Jan. 2017]. McHugh, M.L., 2013. The chi-square test of independence. Biochemia Medica, 23(2), pp.143-149. Torralba, T. (2016). 5 Reasons Why Most Women Don't Own a Smartwatch | Androidheadlines.com. [online] AndroidHeadlines.com |. Available at: https://www.androidheadlines.com/2016/01/5-reasons-women-dont-smartwatch.html [Accessed 29 Jan. 2017].