The purpose of our study was to determinate what relationship, if any, exists between type of gender and ice cream flavor preference. The ice cream flavor choices were chocolate and vanilla. The population of interest in our study was the students at North Olmsted High School from all four grade levels. We sent out a total of 100 surveys to randomly selected, but only received a total of 95 surveys back.

In our background research, using Google we searched for relevant information on the topic of question, “Are ice cream preference and gender type related?” We used specific keywords to search for relevant information on favorite ice cream flavors for boys and girls. The first website that we found gave a personality test which quizzed you on your favorite ice cream flavor based on your personality. The second website we looked at was called “Ice Cream Flavorology” and it allowed you to pick your favorite ice cream flavor and then it would tell you your personality type. Another website we found was relatively helpful with the information it provided about how people tend to favor vanilla ice cream over other flavors. It also stated the top five favorite ice cream flavors with percentages of Americans that like them.

When we got our results back, a chi-square analysis and a two-proportion z-test were used to analyze the data and determine whether any association existed between gender type and ice cream flavor preference. In each case, the p-value exceeded the alpha value, and we failed to reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, it was determined that no significant relationship existed between gender and ice cream preference.