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Continued Table 1 TABLE 2- PREVALENCE OF AI USAGE AMONG
Do you possess Yes 190 95.0 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LEVEL STUDENTS
computer/laptop/ No 10 5.0 IN ASSAM BY SOCIO DEMOGRAPHIC
mobile phone? CHARACTERISCTICS:
Knowledge & Not at all 29 14.5
usage of AI familiar Background Do you use AI for p-
Somewh 63 31.5 Characteristics academic purpose? value
at Gender No Yes
familiar Male 32(24.3%) 98(75.7%) 0.021
Moderat 77 38.5 Female 35(50%) 35(50%) (*)
ely Place of residence
familiar Urban 28(22.2%) 98(77.8%) 0.037
Very 31 15.5 Rural 39(52.4%) 35(47.6%) (*)
familiar Literacy of
Have you No 186 93.0 parents
undergone any AI Yes 14 7.0 Illiterate 11(61%) 8(39%)
related course? Basic education 11(22%) 32(78%) 0.771
Secondary 21(35%) 39(65%)
education
TABLE 2 represents the prevalence of AI usage among Higher education 25(32%) 53(68%)
college and university-level students of Assam. From the Monthly income of
table it is seen that male students show a significantly parents
higher usage of AI (p value= 0021<0.05) for Academic Below 15000 32(53.3%) 28(47%) 0.129
purposes compared to female students in Assam. This 15000-30000 18(32%) 39(68%)
indicates a potential gender gap in AI adoption for 30000-60000 11(34.3%) 21(65.6%)
educational activities. While urban students exhibit a Above 60000 7(13.2%) 46(86.8%)
Do you possess
significantly higher usage of AI (p value=0.037<0.05) computer/laptop/
compared to rural students. This may be attributed to better mobile phone
technology and resources available in urban areas. No 10(100%) 0(0%) 0.03
However, there is no significant association between Yes 57(30%) 133(70%) (*)
literacy level of parents and AI usage among students (p Knowledge &
value=0.771>0.05) in Assam. This suggests that parental usage of AI
literacy may not be barrier to accessing AI technology for Not at all familiar 18(62.5%) 11 (37.5%) 0.05
educational purposes. Similarly monthly income of parents Somewhat familiar 28 (44.4%) 35 (56.6%) (*)
does not show a significant association (p value= Moderately 14 (18.2%) 63 (81.8%)
familiar
0.129>0.05) with AI usage in education among students. Very familiar 5(16%) 26(84%)
This suggests that even students from lower-income group Have you
have access to AI technology, possibly through educational undergone any AI
institutions or other means. Moreover, students who possess related course?
computers, laptops or mobile phones are significantly more No 67(36%) 119(64%) 0.142
likely to use AI for academic purposes. From the variable Yes 0(0%) 14(100%)
Knowledge and usage of AI, it is seen that, students who (*) denotes significant at 5% probability level
are more familiar with AI tend to use it more for academic 5. LIMITATION AND SCOPE FOR FUTURE
purposes (significant at 0.03<0.05). This underscores the RESEARCH
importance of education and awareness in fostering AI
adoption among students in Assam. However, whether A major limitation of this study is that the researchers
students undergo any AI related course does not had to restrict the sample size to 200 respondents only.
It is believed that a bigger sample size would yield
significantly influence their usage of AI for academic more robust results. Moreover, type of AI used by the
purposes (p value=0.142>0.05). students in the academic pursuits was not included,
which could have broadened the scope of the study. As
such, study on “Type of AI used by the student
community in association with their socio-
demographic characteristics would open a newer field
for future research.

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