Estrella, Bien G.

BIOSTAT III-B

I. The Problem and its background Most students have more activities available than time to do them all, and finals season usually puts an already-busy schedule into hyper-drive. Such busy schedules tend to affect sleep (both quality and quantity, especially in Makati Medical Center College. In addition to this, the measures many students take to combat the sleepiness can actually make things worse! Sleep is important for many reasons, and poor sleep can put students at a serious disadvantage. Therefore, its important to avoid sleep-damaging activities, budget time wisely, and manage stress to maintain quality sleep. Sleep has been directly linked to the grades of students. One in four U.S. high school students admit to falling asleep in class at least once a week.( http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1775003) Consequently, results have shown that those who sleep less do poorly. In the United States sleep deprivation is common with students because almost all schools begin early in the morning and many of these students either choose to stay awake late into the night or cannot do otherwise due to delayed sleep phase syndrome. As a result, students that should be getting between 8.5 and 9.25 hours of sleep are getting only 7 hours.( http://sleepdisorders.about.com/cs/sleepdeprivation/a/backtoschool.htm) Perhaps because of this sleep deprivation, their grades lower and their concentration is impaired.( Roth Ari-Even et al., 2005) As a result of studies showing the effects of sleep deprivation on grades, and the different sleep patterns for teenagers, a school in New Zealand, changed its start time to 10:30 a.m., in 2006, to allow students to keep to a schedule that allowed more sleep. In 2009, Monkseaton High School, in North Tyneside, had 800 pupils aged 1319 starting lessons at 10 a.m. instead of the normal 9 a.m. and has reported that general absence has dropped by 8% and persistent absenteeism by 27%.( Ryan, Margaret (2010-03-22). "Lie-in for teenagers has positive results BBC News") Similarly, a high school in Copenhagen has committed to providing at least one class per year for students who will start at 10 a.m. or later.

Ho: There is a relationship between studying hours and sleeping hours of MMCC students during weekdays. Ha: There is no relationship between studying hours and sleeping hours of MMCC students during weekdays.

II. Method of Collection of Data and Sampling Technique Used

A quick interview was used to gather data. The question was " What is your average time for studying during weekdays? Average sleep time during weekdays?" I used quota sampling technique to the 3rd year students of MMCC because I need to have 50 respondents.

III. Data of the Sample "What is your average time for studying during weekdays? Average sleep time during weekdays?"

Student Respondent 1 Respondent 2 Respondent 3 Respondent 4 Respondent 5 Respondent 6 Respondent 7 Respondent 8 Respondent 9 Respondent 10 Respondent 11 Respondent 12 Respondent 13 Respondent 14 Respondent 15 Respondent 16 Respondent 17 Respondent 18 Respondent 19 Respondent 20 Respondent 21 Respondent 22 Respondent 23 Respondent 24 Respondent 25 Respondent 26 Respondent 27 Respondent 28

Average number of study hours during weekdays 2 4 5 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 2 6 5 1 1 4 4 3 1 2 4 3 2 5 5 5

Average number of sleep hours during weekdays 8 6 6 4 5 4 5 6 5 7 4 5 8 4 5 5 4 5 4 7 8 5 4 4 6 4 5 4

Respondent 29 Respondent 30 Respondent 31 Respondent 32 Respondent 33 Respondent 34 Respondent 35 Respondent 36 Respondent 37 Respondent 38 Respondent 39 Respondent 40 Respondent 41 Respondent 42 Respondent 43 Respondent 44 Respondent 45 Respondent 46 Respondent 47 Respondent 48 Respondent 49 Respondent 50 IV. Computation Level of significance= 5%

3 2 2 1 4 1 3 5 4 3 4 5 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 3 4 2

6 4 5 4 4 6 3 3 5 4 4 5 5 6 5 7 8 6 6 3 5 7

CORREL (B3:B52, E3:G52)

r=

0.250459186 df=48 n=50

then use t-test

t= r n-2 1-r
2

t= -1.79235 V. Decision Level of Significance= 5% C.V.= 2.009 t= 1.79235 Therefore Ho is accepted.