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Comments n ≥ 2 Comments n ≥ 3

Indian

unknown

Difference categories of group.

In Figure 4, the first two rows indicate the analysis using n value of 5 for general themes and n
value of 10 for primary themes. For the third and fourth rows, n value of 2 was used for general themes,
and n value of 3 was used for primary themes. It also presents the difference correlational network
between the ethnic group. The groups are divided from the overall comments based on ethnicities, which
consist of Malay, Chinese, and Indian. For individuals whose ethnicity cannot be identified, they have
been categorized into a group referred to as "unknown." The emerging themes from each of the group
are collected and arranged in the table below.

Table 1 Total number of relevant network theme
No Categories General themes, n ≥ 5 / n ≥ 2 Primary themes n ≥ 10 / n ≥ 3
1 Overall 3 3
2 Malay 5 2
3 Chinese 4 1
4 Indian 4 1
5 Unidentified 3 0
Note: the numbers are the total themes that emerge from the analysis for each group based on the n values set.
Also, to note that this value is the total count of the theme which pools all definition and meaning of the themes.
The details of the themes can be referred in the appendix.
From the data above, we have conducted an analysis beyond the emerged network themes,
which is an analysis to assess the level of uniformity in interactions based on the number of themes that
are formed. This is done to determine whether the viewpoints brought forth by each ethnic group are
similar or if there is one ethnic group that dominates in presenting their ideas and opinions. Therefore,
the total number of themes formed is collected, as shown in the table above, and a chi-square analysis is
conducted to gain insight into this matter.

Since the p-value (0.00254095) is less than the chosen significance level (0.05), we reject the null
hypothesis. Therefore, we conclude that the distribution of themes among the racial groups is not

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