Unit 7 Project
By Tayla Hamilton
About my Project:
My project is going to be about comparing the amount of people that play the most popular games to the genders that play the game. The main goal of my project is to find out which gender plays video games the most. Although this might be an obvious answer I still would like to get a picture of the answer in data form in order to be able to conclude the answer with evidence.
Popular video games that all age groups play:
According to the ranker website, the list of games are most popular for all age ranges:
- Fortnite
- Grand theft auto V
- Minecraft
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Seige
- Overwatch
- PlayerUnknown's battlegrounds
- League of Legends
- Rocket League
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
- Roblox
“The 50+ Most Popular Video Games Right Now.” Ranker, www.ranker.com/list/most-popular-video-games-today/ranker-games.
| Minecraft: | According to business insider, over 91 million people play minecraft monthly. Gilbert, Ben. “'Minecraft' Is Still One of the Biggest Games in the World, with over 91 Million People Playing Monthly.” Business Insider, Business Insider, 1 Oct. 2018, www.businessinsider.com/minecraft-has-74-million-monthly-players-2018-1 |
According to Quantic foundry, 79% male play minecraft while 19% female only play minecraft. “Game Audience Profiles.” Quantic Foundry, 18 Oct. 2016, quanticfoundry.com/2015/09/04/game-audience-profiles/ |
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| Pokemon Go: |
147 million people are active users on Pokemon go according to DMR business statistics. Smith, Craig. “115 Amazing Pokemon Go Statistics.” DMR, DMR, 6 Dec. 2018, expandedramblings.com/index.php/pokemon-go-statistics/ |
According to Forbes, 63% female play Pokemon go while only 37% male play Pokemon go in the U.S. Mac, Ryan. “More Women Than Men Are Playing 'Pokémon GO'--By A Lot.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 12 Sept. 2016, www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2016/07/26/more-women-than-men-are-playing-pokemon-go-by-a-lot/#6cd9bfa413dc. |
| Grand Theft Auto V |
360,761 is the all time peak for the amount of players that are playing Grand Theft Auto V according to steam charts. “Grand Theft Auto V.” Steam Charts, steamcharts.com/app/271590. |
According to Wikipedia, only 15% female have played Grand Theft Auto while an estimate of 70% of male play grand theft auto. “Women and Video Games.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Jan. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_and_video_games. |
| Fortnite |
According to business insider, approximately 80 million people have played Fortnite in August 2018. Gilbert, Ben. “'Fortnite' Just Had Its Biggest Month Ever, with Nearly 80 Million People Playing in August.” Business Insider, Business Insider, 21 Sept. 2018, www.businessinsider.com/how-many-people-play-fortnite-stats-2018-2018-9. |
According to Statista, 72.4% males play Fortnite in comparison to only 27.6% females in the U.S. “U.S. Fortnite Player Share by Gender 2018 | Statistic.” Statista, Statista, www.statista.com/statistics/865625/fortnite-players-gender/. |
Amount of Players
Gender of players
*data from four of the
top chosen games*
Histogram of percentage of players according to gender
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79%
37%
Male
Percentage
70%
72.4%
Female
19%
63%
Male
Female
15%
Male
Female
27.6%
Male
Female
Minecraft
Pokemon go
Grand Theft Auto v
Fortnite
Gender
Which gender plays video games the most?
According to the chart before, it looks like you could conclude that males play video games more than females, however, it is important to find the mean and standard deviation for the data to make sure.
| 91,000,000 x 0.19 = 71,290,000 | 91,000,000 x 0.79 = 71,890,000 |
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| 147,000,000 x 0.63 = 92,610,000 | 147,000,000 x 0.37 = 54,390,000 |
| 360,761 x 0.15 = 54,114.15 | 360,761 x 0.70 = 252,532.70 |
| 80,000,000 x 0.276 = 57,920,000 | 80,000,000 x 0.724 = 22,080,000 |
Female
Male
Minecraft
Pokemon Go
Grand Theft Auto V
Fortnite
Estimate of Amount of people that play each game according to gender:
Formula: total amount of players x percent of gender
hover over the calculator to see the next step
Finding the Mean and Standard Deviation of the Data:
After finding the estimate of how many people from each gender play each of the four games, I used a calculator to find the mean and standard deviation for each gender:
Female:
Mean- 41,968,528.54
Standard Deviation- 36,002,972.02
male:
Mean- 37,153,133.18
Standard Deviation- 27,805,634.11
According to my data, the mean shows that females play video games more than men which is surprising since the stereotype is that males play more than females. Also, the standard deviation for males is lower than for females, which means there is less of a variability for males which results in the data being clustered around the mean.
Does the data appear to be biased?
As I examined the data, I looked at all four of the games and compared the result of the data to my research. When the question "is the data biased?" is asked, I looked at my research and saw that the three out of the four sources I found have tried to agree with the view that males play video games more than females. One source however, out of the four, stated that females played the game Pokemon go more than males. This in my opinion, gives a biased view to the data since only one out of the four games stated that females played more than males. I later found out, however, that from my data females played more than males which was very interesting. Moreover, since the data that I have now is certain to change, in the future the same data could become biased as time goes on.
Is there enough data to draw conclusions?
Even though I have chosen only four games out of the millions of games out there, In my opinion the data that I have is enough to draw approximate conclusions. I say this because data can most often be inaccurate and the conclusions that I can make from this data as a result can only be an estimate.
Conclusion
The purpose of my project was to find the answer to which gender plays video games the most. As I did my research and found information from different sources, I found a lot of estimated data as well as data found from surveying people to create a statistic. When I did some more research and created charts and made calculations according to the data, I was surprised when I discovered that from my data females played more video games than males. This surprised me because I was used to the stereotype and the typical representation of gamers being male. As I conclude my project, It is important to understand that my data is an estimate which can have a possibility of being inaccurate because of the amount of people surveyed as well as errors in the information. According to the data that I have collected from four of my chosen games, I can conclude that an estimate of 41,968,528.54 females play more video games than 37,153,133.18 males.
Unit 7 Project
By Tayla Hamilton
