My latest progress is figuring out what I want my project to be about. My idea of finding a good topic is something that needs to have meaning to me and what I chose is the relationship between mental health and social media usage. I wrote my plan of how I will use this project to gather data about mental health and social media usage across various categories.

What I am proud of as of now is that I was able to find a topic that is meaningful to me. Right now, I am not currently stuck on anything as I am
taking a peak as to what I need to do to complete this project. This project, if done well, has sparked the idea of doing sports just like how one of
my peers is doing but instead of basketball I will do soccer.

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 ### What central question are you interested in exploring? Why are you interested in exploring this question?
 
-*This should be the big picture question that you ask; use at least 5
+The central question I am interested in is I’m interested in this question because social media is a major part of daily life, especially for young people. Some say it helps them connect with others, while others say it makes them feel less satisfied or distracted. I’m curious about this topic because I use social media every day and often wonder if the amount of time I spend online affects how happy I feel. I want to explore whether people who spend more time on social media report lower levels of happiness.
-sentences to describe why you are interested in it.*
 
 ### What specific research questions will you investigate?
 
-*List 2-4 specific research questions. Each should be answerable 
+Do people who spend more time on social media report lower happiness? 
-using your data set.*
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+Is there a difference in happiness between people who use social media daily versus occasionally? 
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+Does age or gender affect how social media use relates to happiness?
 
 ## Data source
 
 ### What data set will you use to answer your overarching question? 
 
-*Give the title of your data set and provide a link to your data.*
+Dataset name: Mental Health & Solcial Media Balance Dataset
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+Data source: Kaggle (public dataset)
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+About the data: The dataset includes information about how many hours people spend on social media each day, their reported happiness levels, and demographic details such as age and gender.
 
 ### Where is this data from?
 
-*Describe the source of the data set--not just where you downloaded it, but
+The data will come from Kaggle, which is a trusted website where researchers and data scientists share datasets for learning and analysis. The specific dataset I plan to use was gathered from survey responses about social media use and happiness, collected by researchers studying the effects of screen time on well-being. I trust this data because Kaggle only allows verified datasets to be posted, and the information is based on real surveys where participants reported their habits and feelings.
-the person or organization who gathered the data. Explain why you trust them.*
 
 ### What is this data about?
 
-*Describe the nature of the data in the dataset, including the number of rows 
+The dataset contains survey results from people who were asked about their daily social media use and how happy they feel on a scale (for example, 1–10). It includes hundreds to thousands of rows, with each row representing one person’s response.
-and some of the columns which will be important to you.*
+Important columns include:
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+Daily_Screen_Time(hrs) – number of hours per day on social media
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+Happiness_Index(1-10) – how happy the person feels on a scale from 1 to 10
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+Age – age of the respondent
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+Gender – male, female, or other
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+These columns will help me compare how time online relates to happiness and whether age or gender makes a difference.
 
 ## Methods 
 
 ### How will you use your data set to answer your quantitative questions?
 
-*For each research question, explain what you will do with the data set 
+To answer my research questions, I will use Python’s Pandas library to organize and analyze the data.
-to answer the question, and how you will present your answer (e.g. a chart or a table).*
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+For my first question, I will group the data by time spent online and calculate the average happiness score for each group. I’ll show this with a bar chart.
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+For my second question, I will compare the mean happiness scores of these two groups in a table or bar graph.
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+For my third question, I will create scatter plots or grouped bar charts to see if certain age groups or genders show stronger effects.
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+I will use Seaborn to make clear, easy-to-read charts and provide a short written explanation for each result.