Conclusion

The purpose of our study was to further understand the online food ordering habits of DePaul students. In this, we believe we have accomplished our goal. With seventeen survey questions, over thirty respondents, and detailed data analysis, we have gathered a much greater understanding of our target audience. Also, considering our capabilities, resources, and other common restraints we have been able properly answer our hypotheses.

Even with what we found to be a successful experiment there were some flaws. For one, we did not collect enough information from the DePaul freshman audience. With only three percent of respondents being freshmen we may have unbalanced and biased data. This is especially important when we consider the question that revolves around meal plans. Freshmen at DePaul are required to have one. If we had more freshman respondents our second hypothesis may have had very different results. Also, our sample size was small. Collecting over thirty respondents was indeed a feat for our team, but in comparison to the population size our sample, realistically, has little legitimacy.

For future research one should attempt to collect a more balanced sample size. One that would include an equal, or more so equal, amount of students from each grade. One should also collect a larger amount of surveys in general. We would also say that having more qualitative results would have been helpful. Some kind of interview or focus group would have given us a better understanding of our target audience.

Regardless, we feel that our experiment fulfilled its purpose as a whole. With two of our three hypotheses supported we seemed to have a good understanding of what we wanted to know and how to obtain the required evidence. Even in having one of our hypotheses proven wrong, we only gathered a better understanding of DePaul students online food ordering habits.