How does the Amount of

Homework/Caffeine
Affect the Amount of
Sleep You Get?
Nellie Roy, Evelyn Brechler, &
Jacob Myers
Main Research Question
How does the amount of homework/caffeine affect the amount of hours you
sleep?
Survey Questions
1. What gender are you?
2. How old are you?
3. What year are you in university?
4. What college are you in?
5. On average, how many hours of sleep do you get during the week-nights?
6. On average, how many hours of sleep do you get during weekend-nights?
7. Which one of these factors causes you to lose sleep?
8. How many hours a week do you spend on homework?
9. How many hours do you spend on social media after seven o’clock at
night?
10.How often do you drink caffeinated beverages?
Percentage of Classes Who Took the Survey
What affects how you sleep?
Popularity of homework as a stressor amongst genders
Conclusions
● There are lots of factors that prohibit people from getting a full night’s
sleep, but the main causes that the survey encountered were caffeine,
emotional distress, and mental illness.
● In this survey, homework stressed more males than females
● Surprisingly, homework, television, and seeing friends were not the top
reasons for why people lost sleep
Further questions we would like to investigate
● What type of mental illness causes people to lose sleep?
● How can universities and schools help students with mental illness?
● How GPA and sleep are correlated?