diff --git a/proposal.md b/proposal.md index 2586c0c..5a8632d 100644 --- a/proposal.md +++ b/proposal.md @@ -7,30 +7,60 @@ argument. ### What central question are you interested in exploring? Why are you interested in exploring this question? +**A sleep study using males and females using bedtimes/wakeup times and hours of sleep for the weekday, for kids ages 11-14, to see how much sleep students are getting during the week and if there is a difference between ages and males and females. Also does their attendance percentage in school correlate with more sleep. +I am interested in this becasue I teach 11-14 year olds + + *This should be the big picture question that you ask; use at least 5 sentences to describe why you are interested in it.* +Does a high attendance percentage >95%, have a relationship with high sleep hours per night (>7hrs. per night) as well as age and gender. Does this relationship differ between males and females and ages. Overall does age, gender, and sleep hours have a relationship with high attendance, >95%? + ### What specific research questions will you investigate? *List 2-4 specific research questions. Each should be answerable using your data set.* +Average sleep for females +Average sleep for males +Average wakeup time for females +Average wakeup time for males +Average attendance % for males +Average attendance % for females +Average sleep for 11,12,13,and 14 year olds +Average sleep for 11.12.13.14 year old males/females + + ## Data source ### What data set will you use to answer your overarching question? *Give the title of your data set and provide a link to your data.* +Sleep, age and gender as it relates to attendance + +https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hB269WnLnm71C6WXjyBM9blWSF8X1Zf-nNqvftU6E94/edit?usp=sharing + + + ### Where is this data from? *Describe the source of the data set--not just where you downloaded it, but the person or organization who gathered the data. Explain why you trust them.* +Changing school start times: impact on sleep in primary and secondary school students Open Access +Lisa J Meltzer, Kyla L Wahlstrom, Amy E Plog, Matthew J Strand + ### What is this data about? *Describe the nature of the data in the dataset, including the number of rows and some of the columns which will be important to you.* +number of rows=50 +gender +attendance_percent +hrs_sleep + ## Methods ### How will you use your data set to answer your quantitative questions?