Mock Data Analysis In research on the effects of social media on depression, the results from the questionnaire can be analyzed to facilitate the answering of the research questions and interpretation to make appropriate conclusions. In the research, a sample that represented the population under study was selected for a number of reasons. According to Veerman, Dowrick, Ayuso-Mateos, Dunn, and Barendregt (2009), sampling allows reduction in the time taken to carry out research. It also reduces the workload on the researcher while at the same time allowing room for the attainment of results that can be generalizable to the population under study (Veerman et al., 2009). For the purpose of this study, random sampling was utilized. This ensured that the population selected was representative of the total population. The sample consisted of 160 participants who responded to the questions in the questionnaires that were sent to them. The participants were also interviewed, with their ages being between the ages of 12-28 years. Some of the questions that they had to answer included their goals in joining social media, the number of friends that each respondent had on social media, and the feeling derived from having the number of friends. The questions also served to evaluate whether the participants were at any time victims of cyber bullying and/or if they had participated in sexting. The evaluation of depression in the respondents was also done through the questionnaires and Beck Depression Inventory second edition (BDI-II-II), which is one of the tools that are useful in the diagnosis and evaluation of depression (Beck, Steer, Ball, & Ranieri 1996). All the 160 people invited for the study agreed to participate by complying with the set requirements, which included being in at least one social network. Their average age was 19.6 years (SD=0.31 years). 54 (33.75%) were male, with the rest 104 (66.25%) being female. The average age for the male participants was 20.2 years (SD=0.32), with the average age for the female participants being 19.0 years (SD= 0.31). All the 160 participants answered the question of the reason why they joined the social media. Most of them had more than one reason of joining the social sites, with peer pressure emerging on top, with all participants (100%) ticking the option that they joined because their friends were also there. The other reasons that featured included to have fun 136(85%), to socialize with other people of their age 128 (80%), to avoid being bored 106 (66.25%), to pass time 88 (55%), to update themselves on the latest social news and trends 132 (82.5%), and to track other individuals 48 (30%), with some 24 (15%) stating other reasons. Figure 1: reasons for joining social sites in percentages In responding to the number of friends that each of the respondents had on the social sites, 20 (%) had 0 to 100 friends, 48 (%) had between 100 to 500 friends 64 (%) had 500 to 1000 friends, with the rest 28 (%) having over 1000 friends on these social sites. These respondents also stated a number of feelings that they derived from having the number of friends that they stated. Most of them stated that they were happy w