Sleep Less OR Sleep More

Research Report

Sleep Less or Sleep More

     On 4th April ,at Lecture Room 3 ,Block N ,Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) ,I posted a question to find out about how many hours does an university student sleep everyday .I have chosen this particular topic as a research to be carried out because ,for me ,getting enough hours of sleep can directly affect  an university student's performance in academic or sports and ,withal ,is paramount important to his or her overall health and well-being .Thus ,I believe that an university student should get between 6 and 10 hours of sleep everyday.

     A survey of this research is carried out among 29 UTP students ,who involved 28 local students and 1 international student .Also ,this group of participants comprised of 8 female students and 21 male students ,with the range of 17 to 20 years old and are mixed race and religion .They are currently taking Engineering and Business Information System courses in UTP .During the survey session ,all the 29 students sat in a circle and a paper with questionnaire was passed among  the 29 participants including me and all were required to answer it .

      After the survey ,the questionnaire was analysed meticulously and all the answers were categarised into 8 categories in the terms of range of hours - (1-3)hours ,(4-6)hours ,(7-9)hours ,(10-12)hours ,(13-15)hours ,(16-18)hours ,(19-21)hours and (22-24)hours .Based on the statistic I did ,all the participants answered the question .Obviously ,the results show that there 11 students(38%) who have their sleep in (7-9)hours ,which is also the highest peak of statistic graph .Next ,there are 9 students (31%) and 5 students (17%) who sleep (4-6)hours and (10-12)hours everyday ,respectively .It is followed by (1-3)hours category which consists of 4 students (14%).There is no participant who is in the rest categories ,that's mean no student who sleeps more than 12 hours per day.

     As a conclusion ,this research has been gone successfully .The results are considered realistic as a high percentage of students sleep in the appropriate range of hours everyday as what I believed .I suggest that an university student should sleep 7 to 9 hours per day .For the students who have less hours of sleep ,it is the time to redress your bad habit .Having enough rest or sleep is not only helping us to get better performance in daily chores but also reduce the risk of developing disease in our body .Lastly ,much gratitude and appreciation for the participants who willingly and honestly answered the question .

Lim Jia Yen     17453

Electrical and Electronic Engineering