Topic > Hot Drinks Essay - 713

Introduction: Having a snack or drink between classes is not an uncommon activity for college students and faculties. Most of the time students or faculties can only go to the cafe to get something because people don't have enough time to wait in line to get food at the restaurant. Sometimes students or faculty go to the bar because it is much closer than the restaurants. Most students and faculty will go to the branded coffee shop on campus like Starbucks, but some will go to the coffee shop located inside the library. That said, which gender goes to the library cafe most often? Are more people drinking a cold drink than a hot drink? Do most students or faculty ignore the option of having a snack? These questions led me to the hypothesis: Are women getting hot drinks without eating more often? More females purchased a hot drink without eating than males. Surprisingly, the gender of the students and faculty who went to the library cafe was more or less the same. The study, which was conducted for about half an hour, involved an equal number of males and females. Most participants received a hot drink, regardless of whether the participant was male or female. The result may be due to the fact that the study was conducted on a colder day. The study could also have been conducted over a longer period of time or during two distinct moments of the day. It could have been conducted once in the morning and once in the afternoon to see if the morning results matched the afternoon results. This would have led to a more accurate representation of the gender of people who go to the library cafe, as well as the types of drinks people order and whether they purchase food with the order. Given the limited number of participants used and the short time frame, the study did not have enough data to complete completely