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As a result of main finding 2 (Caucasian Baby Boomers were inclined to rarely use the medium of SMS when networking), the first null-hypothesis is rejected and the alternative hypothesis accepted. Therefore, there is somewhere a difference between Black Generation X'ers, Black Baby Boomers, Caucasian Generation X'ers and Caucasian Baby Boomers with regard to networking practices.
2. H0: H :
a Np: Black Generation X’ers Np: Black Generation X’ers Np: Black Baby Boomers Np: Black Baby Boomers
As a result of main finding 13 (Black Generation X'ers differ statistically significantly with a medium effect size from Black Baby Boomers on the use of e-mail as medium when networking) the second null-hypothesis is rejected and the alternative hypothesis is consequently accepted.
As a result of main finding 15 (Caucasian Generation X'ers differ statistically significantly with a medium effect size from Caucasian Baby Boomers when networking on a one-on-one face-to-face manner) the third null-hypothesis is rejected and the alternative hypothesis is accepted.
4. H0: H :
a Np: Black Generation X’ers Np: Black Generation X’ers Np: Caucasian Generation X’ers Np: Caucasian Generation X’ers
As a result of main finding 12 (Black Generation X'ers differ statistically significantly with a medium effect size from Caucasian Baby Boomers on the use of the telephone as medium when networking) and main finding 14 (Black Generation X'ers differ statistically significantly with a medium effect size from Caucasian Baby Boomers when networking on a one-on-one face-to-face manner), the fourth null-hypothesis is rejected and the alternative hypothesis is accepted.
CONCLUSIONS
The first hypothesis was formulated to prove that differences indeed exist among diverse cultural and generational groups. Through the rejection of the first null-hypothesis,
Np: Black Generation X’ers Np: Black Baby Boomers Np: Caucasian Generation X’ers Np: Caucasian Baby Boomers
it was proved that differences does exist among diverse cultures and generations, concerning their networking practices. The remaining hypotheses were formulated to identify the specific differences that exist between the four independent groups.
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