1. Amount of Time Spent On the Internet: Does It Affect Grades Depending on Gender? By Chelsea Shang, Period F (Science)

2. The Theory The Theory  To find out if the average amount of hours spent on the computer or the Internet affected grades depending on gender.  I think that the result will be ‘Yes’ because the Internet is known to affect people negatively due to how distracting it is.

3. The Method  After testing a class, convert the grades to GPA and discover the mean of the hours spent for each gender.  Create a graph or chart (both if possible) and use them to find the answer.

4. Data  The scatter plot graph was used to see how much of a difference gender made.  The result was 0.1925, a number very close to zero.  The gender difference in GPA was only 0.3, while the time difference was 0.35. ______

5. Chart

6. Outside Influence-Cons  Stress, which could lead to sleep deprivation, gradually lowers grades.  Using phones to text/surf the Internet causes anxiety from a personal obligation to stay on social networks.  Games that lower GPA over a short period of time are the more violent type (Mortal Kombat, Halo, etc.). Two titles were released for the PC.

7. Outside Influence-Pros  Some computer/video games increase the ability to multi-task due to that they need you to focus on more than one thing at a time.  90% of computer games have at least a bit of education and fact.  War, one very common game plot, is all about strategy. And your brain.

8. Conclusion  The time spent on a computer does not affect grades, because each person has a different level of tolerance for anxiety and stress, along with self-control on playing games.

9. Thank you for listening!