Hypothesis:

Based off my research questions, I believe that in my research I will find that many teens are in favor of video games. They probably will not think they are addictive, and will spend more time on playing them than on homework or studying. They will likely have wasted so much time on video games that in order to get their homework done on time, they will have had to stay up late to do it. I believe this because video games hold an average teenager's attention and interest much more effectively than homework, and teens are shortsighted enough to want to play them instead of doing what they probably should.

Context:

I wanted to do research on this topic because I know many teens including myself that spend probably too much time playing video games and not enough time doing school work. I believe that it is a problem that should be blamed equally on video games and the users. I feel that teens naturally, or at least subconsciously, waste time, and that video games are what they waste it on.

Survey results:

	Yes	No	Unsure/other
Do you play video games?	90%	10%	0%
Do you think video games are a bad thing?	10%	60%	30%
On average, do you usually spend more time on video games than school?	0%	100%	0%
Would you consider the games you play addictive?	20%	60%	20%
Have you ever not done homework or had to stay up late to do homework due to time you spent playing video games?	40%	60%	0%
Do you believe in the phrase "Time is money"?	80%	10%	10%

 

Data analysis:

Some of my data was a bit unexpected, but I got some very good input on this. I see that most teens do play video games, do not think they're a bad thing, and have overspent time on them. The answer to the question of if they spend more time on video games than school was completely unexpected.

Follow up:

Looking back on my research, I can tell that because I handed out these surveys in school, many of the respondents, although knowing they are anonymous still put the most scholarly (although untrue) answer.

Conclusion:

Based on my research so far, it is obvious I will need to diversify my age group more than I did before with my survey, and stress the fact that the survey is anonymous. I found that most of my hypothesis was true; teens do spend a lot of time on video games without realizing that they are truly wasting their time.