Table 1.
Chi Square of COVID-19 pandemic effect on mental health by confidence in succeeding in hybrid classes
Not Confident Somewhat Confident Confident
0 1 0
Maybe 4 16 41
No 2 19 36
Yes 41 118 124
Chi Square 20.64**
Note. p< .05*, p < .01**, p< .001***. N=433
A chi-squared test was conducted to examine whether students who felt like the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative effect on their mental health were confident in their ability to succeed in online classes. Respondents were asked about their confidence in hybrid classes on a scale of 1-10 but were separated into “Not Confident”, “Somewhat Confident”, and “Confident” for the purpose of this test. Participants indicated whether the COVID-19 pandemic affected their mental health by responding with “Yes”, “No”, or “Maybe”. The hypothesis states that participants who were negatively affected had less confidence in succeeding in hybrid classes. There is a significant relationship between the two variables at the .05 level with p equaling .014. This cross tabulation shows that most respondents were mentally affected by the pandemic and tend to be confident in succeeding in hybrid classes.