The Purpose of our Study

The purpose of the study was to determine if, in the student body of North Olmsted High School, the proportion of students with iPhones is greater than the proportion of students with Android phones. Additionally, we are attempting to determine if there is an association between gender and a particular type of phone.

 

ABSTRACT:

We began our study by searching for similar studies that were performed in the past.  We found several other articles that dealt with the popularity of Android phones versus iPhones, and found that in the general population the there is a greater proportion of Androids. On another website we found a survey that stated that males generally prefer Androids while women prefer iPhones.  We performed a survey in our school, with our sample being 123 students.  In the first test, we found that the proportion of iPhones at North Olmsted High School is greater than the proportion of Android phones at North Olmsted High School.  In the second test, we found that there is no relationship between phone type and gender in the population of our high school.  In conclusion, our results did not match those found in the background research of our study.  Our study shows that there is a greater proportion of iPhones in our school, while there is a greater proportion of Android phones found in the prior studies.  Also, we found no relationship between gender and type of phone, while there is one in the prior studies.