for a research paper: question about finding facts

[RomaVictor]

Hey all,

Maybe you can give me some quick advice. I am writing a research paper regarding gaming legislation and how it violates libertarian values in the name of community. I want to find a statistic regarding median age of gamers. I will settle for average, I just cannot seem to find any statistics...am wanting to illustrate that most of us are older and when a game is banned through legislation it is censorship, compared to just receiving a mature rating.

Sorry if that is incoherent rambling, I'm on a caffeine high. If you have any tips let me know. Thanks in advance!

 

[radjago]

http://www.theesa.com/facts/top_10_facts.php

http://www.theesa.com/facts/gamer_data.php

 

[RomaVictor]

PERFECT.

Thank you.

 

[kakomu]

Never cite anything from the internet for research papers.

 

[beerguy961]

[quote name='capitalist_mao']Never cite anything from the internet for research papers.[/QUOTE]
Normally yes, but since this is the ESA, it's probably a good source. For research papers on literature, don't do it. But in this case, probably fine.

 

[Stice]

Unless it's for a high school paper. Those teachers don't really care what sources you use.

 

[Tromack]

That site just says numbers. They give no background into where those numbers come from. I'd take those with heavy dosing of salt.

 

[FriskyTanuki]

http://www.theesa.com/files/2005EssentialFacts.pdf

 

[Logain8955]

Awesome, I also have a research paper on video games due soon, with my topic being How Videogames Affect Child Development. I've been slackin the hell off on it, and now I get all the information dumped in my lap.

Procrastination ROCKS!

 

[SOSTrooper]

Heh... I wish I can write research paper on video games. Instead I have to do it on genetic evidence at a molecular level on homo erectus migration -_-

 

[.JPG]

I did so many speeches are crap on video games, for instance the effects of video games just to name one, so I decided to do it on the privacy of US citizens vs protecting our nation sort of thing. So I have to find 30 facts by tomorrow (which won't happen because I only have 20 and I'm going to bed) on it which is extremly hard, but luckily I was able to find Privacy.org, that site really saved my ass today.

Now hopefully it will all work out. I really hate this paper...

 

[kakomu]

[quote name='SOSTrooper']Heh... I wish I can write research paper on video games. Instead I have to do it on genetic evidence at a molecular level on homo erectus migration -_-[/QUOTE]
I did a research paper on violence when I was a Freshmen. It was difficult to find any evidence, and most of it was quite suspect. Research papers on video games tend to be pretty stupid.

 

[psiufoxx2]

[quote name='SOSTrooper']Heh... I wish I can write research paper on video games. Instead I have to do it on genetic evidence at a molecular level on homo erectus migration -_-[/QUOTE]
homo erectus