IT Honors Project

Questions: Are Males and Females equally likely to play video games?

Among people who do play video games, are there gender differences in what genres of games they play?”

Hypotheses:

Males and Females are not equally as likely to play video games. According to Stuart (2014), females play more video games than males.

Among the people who play video games, there are gender differences in what genres they play. According to Phan, Jardina, and Hoyle (2012), males prefer violence games while females prefer social games.

Stuart, K. (2014, September 17). UK gamers: more women play games than men, report finds. Retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/17/women-video-games-iab

Phan, M. H., Jardina, J. R., Hoyle, W. S. (2012, August 23). Video Games: Males Prefer Violence while Females Prefer Social. Retrieved from http://usabilitynews.org/video-games-males-prefer-violence-while-females-prefer-social/

Experimental Procedure:

 25 males and 25 females of the same age group* were surveyed to determine whether they played video games.If they did, they were then asked to identify which genres they played from a list of ten genres. *All volunteers were between the ages of 14 and 15

The Survey

Please Write your Age Here:

Are you a male of female?          Male          Female

Do you play video or mobile games?          Yes          No

If you do play video or computer games, please circle ALL the types of games you play,

below:

Shooting (Halo, Call of Duty, TitanFall) RPG

Fighting (Mortal Kombat, Tekken III, Super

Smash Bros.)

Strategy

Racing (example, example, example) Sports

Platform Puzzle

Simulation Music/Dance

Males Females

Number of survey responses: 25 25

Number of volunteers who play

games:

21 17

Number of volunteers who chose each of the following genres:

Shooting 14 5

Fighting 15 6

Racing 17 8

Platform etc etc

Simulation etc etc

Role-playing (RPG) etc etc

Strategy

Sports

Puzzle

Music/Dance    

Results

Results Continued: Percentage of Males Who Play Video Games Vs. Percentage of Females Who Play Video Games

These graphs show that males are more likely to play video games.

>males<-c(21,4)> colors<-c("red","blue")> males_labels<-(males/sum(males)*100)> males_labels<-paste(males_labels,"%")> pie(males,main="Males Who Play Video Games Vs. Males Who Don't",col=colors,labels=males_labels,cex=1.0)>legend("topright",c("Males Who Play Video Games","Males Who Don't Play Video Games"),cex=0.8,fill=colors)

>females<-c(17,8)> colors<-c("red","blue")> females_labels<-(females/sum(females)*100)> females_labels<-paste(females_labels,"%")> pie(females,main="Females Who Play Video Games Vs. Females Who Don't",col=colors,labels=females_labels,cex=1.0)>legend("topright",c("Females Who Play Video Games","Females Who Don't Play Video Games"),cex=0.8,fill=colors)

Slide with all the info from part 2(you can use

more than one slide if all the

info doesn’t fit).

Slide with all the info from part 3(you can use more than one slide if the info doesn’t fit).

Conclusion:

-My first hypothesis was incorrect. The data shows that males are more likely to play video games.

-My second hypothesis was correct: among people who do play video games, there is a sharp contrast in the choices of genres among the genders. Males prefer games with lots of violence.