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+# 🧠 Student Habits vs Academic Performance
+
+This project explores how students’ daily habits — such as **study hours, sleep, social media use, part-time work, and internet quality** — affect their **exam performance**.  
+The dataset contains **1,000 simulated student records** and combines both numerical and categorical variables, allowing for rich exploratory and regression analysis.
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 Research Question
+**How do students’ daily habits (study hours, sleep, social media use, and lifestyle factors) affect their exam performance?**
+
+---
+
+## 🧩 Sub-Questions (8 Total)
+
+1️⃣ Does studying more hours per day improve exam performance?  
+2️⃣ Does sleeping longer lead to higher grades?  
+3️⃣ Does more time on social media reduce exam results?  
+4️⃣ Does better internet quality correlate with better exam performance?  
+5️⃣ Do students with part-time jobs perform differently compared to those without jobs?  
+6️⃣ Does gender influence the relationship between study habits and exam performance?  
+7️⃣ Does combining good sleep and good study habits lead to stronger results?  
+8️⃣ Which factor (study time, sleep, social media, or internet quality) is the strongest predictor of exam performance?
+
+---
+
+## 📊 Dataset Overview
+
+| Feature | Description |
+|----------|-------------|
+| `age` | Age of the student |
+| `gender` | Gender (Male/Female/Other) |
+| `study_hours_per_day` | Average study hours per day |
+| `sleep_hours` | Average sleep hours per night |
+| `social_media_hours` | Time spent daily on social media |
+| `part_time_job` | Whether the student works part-time |
+| `internet_quality` | Quality of home internet (Good/Average/Poor) |
+| `exam_score` | Final exam score (0 – 100) |
+
+---
+
+## 🔍 Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
+
+### Q1: Study Hours vs Exam Score
+📈 Students who studied more achieved higher scores, showing a **strong positive correlation** between study time and exam performance.  
+
+![Study Hours vs Exam Score](study_vs_exam_scatter.png)  
+![Average Exam Score by Study Hours](study_vs_exam_bar.png)
+
+| Study Hours | Average Exam Score |
+|--------------|--------------------|
+| 0–2 | 46.97 |
+| 2–4 | 65.96 |
+| 4–6 | 82.05 |
+| 6–8 | 97.66 |
+| 8–10 | 100.00 |
+
+---
+
+### Q2: Sleep Hours vs Exam Score  
+📊 A mild positive relationship appears between **sleep duration and exam scores** — students sleeping 7–8 hours tend to perform slightly better. Too much sleep doesn’t necessarily improve performance.
+
+![Sleep vs Exam Score](sleep_vs_exam_scatter.png)
+
+---
+
+### Q3: Social Media Use vs Exam Score  
+📉 Clear **negative trend** — higher social media use correlates with lower exam scores.
+
+![Social Media vs Exam Score](social_media_vs_exam_scatter.png)  
+![Average Exam Score by Social Media Use](social_media_vs_exam_bar.png)
+
+| Social Media Use | Average Exam Score |
+|------------------|--------------------|
+| Low (≤2 h) | 72.79 |
+| Moderate (2–4 h) | 68.38 |
+| High (4–6 h) | 64.95 |
+| Excessive (>6 h) | 60.57 |
+
+---
+
+### Q4: Internet Quality vs Exam Score  
+🕸️ Internet quality shows **no significant impact** — students with “Good,” “Average,” or “Poor” connections scored similarly.
+
+![Internet Quality vs Exam Score](internet_quality_vs_exam_bar.png)
+
+| Internet Quality | Avg Exam Score |
+|------------------|----------------|
+| Average | 70.64 |
+| Good | 68.65 |
+| Poor | 69.72 |
+
+---
+
+### Q5: Part-Time Job vs Exam Score  
+💼 Having a part-time job has **minimal effect** — students with jobs scored almost the same as those without.
+
+![Part-Time Job vs Exam Score](part_time_job_vs_exam_bar.png)
+
+| Status | Avg Exam Score |
+|---------|----------------|
+| No Job | 69.84 |
+| Yes | 68.74 |
+
+---
+
+### Q6: Gender and Study Habits  
+⚖️ The relationship between study hours and exam performance is consistent across genders.
+
+![Gender Correlation](gender_correlation.png)
+
+| Gender | Correlation (Study Hours ↔ Exam Score) |
+|---------|----------------------------------------|
+| Female | 0.824 |
+| Male | 0.827 |
+| Other | 0.818 |
+
+---
+
+### Q7: Combined Habits — Sleep + Study  
+💡 Students who both **study well and sleep well** achieve the highest average scores.
+
+![Combined Habits vs Exam Score](combined_habits_vs_exam_bar.png)
+
+| Habit Group | Avg Exam Score |
+|--------------|----------------|
+| Good Sleep Only | 63.64 |
+| Good Study + Good Sleep | 86.66 |
+| Good Study Only | 81.94 |
+| Neither | 59.40 |
+
+---
+
+### Q8: Strongest Predictor (Regression Analysis)  
+🧮 Multiple Linear Regression results show:
+
+![Regression Summary](regression_summary.png)
+
+| Predictor | Coefficient | p-value |
+|------------|-------------|---------|
+| Study Hours | **+9.59** | 0.000 |
+| Sleep Hours | +2.04 | 0.000 |
+| Social Media Hours | **–2.66** | 0.000 |
+| Internet Quality | –0.97 | 0.010 |
+
+📊 Interpretation:  
+- **Study hours per day** are the **strongest positive predictor** of exam performance.  
+- **Social media hours** show the strongest **negative impact**.  
+- Sleep has a smaller but positive effect, while internet quality is relatively minor.
+
+---
+
+## 💡 Key Insights
+
+- Study time is the **most important factor** for higher exam performance.  
+- Sleep contributes moderately — balance is key (7–8 hours optimal).  
+- Social media use negatively impacts academic results.  
+- Internet quality and part-time work have only minor effects.  
+- Combining good sleep and study habits yields the best outcomes.
+
+---
+
+## 🗂️ Files Included
+- `student_habits_performance.csv` — original dataset  
+- `student_analysis.ipynb` — Colab notebook with full analysis  
+- `README.md` — this file  
+- Image files:  
+  `study_vs_exam_scatter.png`, `study_vs_exam_bar.png`, `sleep_vs_exam_scatter.png`,  
+  `social_media_vs_exam_scatter.png`, `social_media_vs_exam_bar.png`,  
+  `internet_quality_vs_exam_bar.png`, `part_time_job_vs_exam_bar.png`,  
+  `gender_correlation.png`, `combined_habits_vs_exam_bar.png`, `regression_summary.png`
+
+---
+
+## 📜 License  
+Dataset and analysis created for **educational and research purposes only**.