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UNL Student Rec Center Study

Statistical Summary and Application of Student Rec Center Preferences

Research Question:

The objective of this study is to investigate workout preferences University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) students. Because all UNL students have access to the campus rec center, users of the rec center facility are the population for this

• experiment. The research questions present in this experiment are as follows:

1) Which gender uses the rec center more frequently? 2) What prominent purpose does the rec center user have for working out? 3) What proportion of college-age students are using pre-workout/exercise supplements? 4) Do rec center users prefer to workout individually or in a group?

Data Collection Explanation:

• We conducted our survey on Facebook pages for classes of 2015 and 2017 with 100 UNL students

as our sample size.

• Our questions are categorical variables
• Survey administered had following questions:
• 1. What is your gender?

Male Female

• 2. How often do you use the rec center each week?

0-1 times/week 2-3 times/week 4-5 times/week more than 6 times/week

• 3. Are you using the rec center facilities for:

Training for an event (marathon, competition) Personal well-being (weight loss, muscle gain)

• 4. Do you use pre-workout supplements or exercise supplements regularly?

Yes No

• 5. During your workout, do you usually workout individually or with a partner/group?

Individually Partner/Group

Data Summary & Analysis: Gender

• 1. What is your gender?

Female- 66% Male- 34% ***Notice: Females participated notably more than males results may be more representative of female population

• Because we were unable to cross reference multiple questions based on

individual responses, we are unable to determine which gender works out more frequently

• If study were to be redone, we would have used a survey method that

allows viewing of individual surveys as opposed to only cumulative results

Data Summary & Analysis: Workout Frequency

• 2. How often do you use the rec center each week?

0-1 times/week: 31.31% 2-3 times/week: 25.25% 4-5 times/week: 31.31% more than 6 times/week: 12.12%

• Even spread for workout frequency among

students - Inability to cross reference workout frequency with gender gives inconclusive results pertaining to which gender works out more frequently

• Workout recommendations for the general

populations include working out at least four times each week meaning 43.43% of rec center users are reaching recommended workout standards

Data Summary & Analysis: Workout Purpose

• 3. Are you using the rec center facilities for:

Training for event: 8.08% Personal Well Being: 91.92%

Implications: The rec center classes/groups for strength competitions, 5K, 10K, and marathon training are most likely not going to be as successful or pertain to as many students as their personal well-being programming events such as ‘Weight Room Exposure’ or ‘Healthy Eating’ Most students are working out to maintain optimum health, not to compete

Data Summary & Analysis: Workout Supplementation

• 4. Do you use pre-workout supplements or exercise supplements regularly?

Yes: 16.84% No: 83.16%

A surprisingly high amount of the sample reports using workout supplements regularly → DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health Education Act) Results suggest that the rec center may financially benefit from providing pre/post-workout supplements and students would benefit from health supplement education available from the rec center

Data Summary & Analysis: Workout Company

• 5. During your workout do you usually workout individually or with a partner/group?

Individual: 66% Group/Partner: 34%

The majority of students workout individually Implications: When allotting funds for the new rec center renovations, it should be kept in mind that although the group fitness classes and intramural sporting activities are beneficial to a small group of students, most rec center users are at the gym for individual workouts - so higher investments in resistance training equipment, cardio machines, and circuits are beneficial to more students

Conclusion:

• We’re a lovely fit campus with lots of active

women who participate in surveys :)

• Most students are working out for personal

well-being

• 16% of students use workout

supplementations regularly

• 66% of students prefer to work out alone