THE IMPACT OF THE USES OF DATABASE SYSTEMS IN OUR SOCIETY, (A CASE STUDY OF 4,000 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS VISITED AND SAMPLED IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA)
Prince Awojoodu Soji
Department of Computer Science and Mathematics
Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, P.M.B. 5533, Ile – Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Email Address: awojoodusoji@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
This research work was carried out, to find the impact of the uses of database systems in our society. 4,000 open questionnaires were distributed to the 4 Local Governments, namely: (Ife East, Ife South, Ife Central and Ife North), local government areas in Osun State, Nigeria. Out of which 1,000 was used in each local government. A total of 40 different locations were sampled out of which 100 questionnaires were used in each location. It was gathered that above 65% of the people supported, that there was an impact in the uses of database systems in our society, while less than 35% of the people could not even understand whether database (DB) has any impact or not.. The results from the questionnaires when using Pearson one-tailed correlation coefficient, however revealed that there was no significant difference from all the business centre visited and sampled, (p < 0.01) table 5. This shows a strong positive correlation, which implying that, database (DB), was strongly influenced and enhanced people’s support, in Osun State in general and Nigeria in particular, therefore, had made this research work to become a reality, (p < 0.01) table 5. The reasons may be due to the fact that in public domain, the impact of the uses of database (DB) in our society, cannot be under–estimated, for example: payroll was processed using the payroll file, the personnel department maintained its own employee records, inventory was managed via inventory file, automated library systems place a patron’s reading habits within easy reach, retailers maintain records of their customer’s purchases and internet search engines keep records of their clients’ requests, information is potentially available to marketing firms, law enforcement agencies, political parties, employers and private individuals etc. Bar Chart was used to depict the summary data of each of the local government areas sampled in Ile – Ife of Osun State, Nigeria.
Keywords: 4 local governments, Osun State, Different locations, Pearson correlation,
