Survey and Summarize and Interpret

I made a survey about video games and gave it to 13 people. I asked them what gender they are, what age group they are in, if they owned a video game console (handheld or home console), when the last time they played video games, how much time per week they play, and if they play at their house or a friend’s house. Out of the 13 people that participated in this survey 6 were male and 7 were female. All of the participants were in high school or graduated from high school. Now I expected the guys who took the survey to say that they owned a console and that they played at least 3 hours per week and the girls to probably not own a console but occasionally play at a friend’s house once a week for maybe an hour.

From this survey that consisted of 13 people, 6 males and 7 females, I get the idea that gaming is no longer just for the guys any more. Out of 11 of the participants that owned a console or handheld console 5 of them were female and 6 were male. The other 2 that didn’t own a console were girls. Even though guys may play video games more than girls, girls still do play some games. The average boy played at least 1 hour of video games per week while the average girl played video games less than one hour. All of the girls played at a friend’s house even though 5 of them owned their own consoles, 5 out of the 6 boys play at their friend’s house with all 6 of them owning a console. 1 boy plays at his house and 1 of the boys that plays at a friend’s house also plays at his house.

This survey tells me that even though girls don’t play as much as boys they still play, that video games are not just for the guys any more. To expect more games for the casual video game player than for the hardcore gamer. A majority of the gaming population is still boys but to not be surprised when you run into a chick while playing online.