An Exploration of Sleeping with Wireless Router: Sleep Quality

This report investigates the potential impact of sleeping with a wireless router in the same room. It begins with an overview of research methods, including quantitative and qualitative approaches like surveys and interviews, and secondary research on the effects of EMF exposure. The report analyzes data around key themes, such as the effects of WIFI waves on sleep and health, the issues associated with having a router in the sleeping room, and the safety of sleeping in the same room with a router. The analysis considers various studies and arguments, exploring potential links between router exposure and sleep disturbances, and the ethical concerns related to the use of wireless technology. The report also includes a budget breakdown for the research and addresses ethical considerations, providing a comprehensive overview of the current understanding of the issue.

AN EXPLORATION OF THE ISSUES OF SLEEPING WITH WIERLESS
ROUTER IN THE SAME ROOM
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Table of Contents
P2 Research Methods......................................................................................................................3
Quantitative research method......................................................................................................3
Qualitative research method........................................................................................................5
P3 Conducting secondary research..................................................................................................6
P4 Analysis......................................................................................................................................7
P5 Communicate research outcomes in an appropriate manner for the intended audience..........10
P6 Effectiveness of research methods...........................................................................................10
P7 Alternative methodologies........................................................................................................15
References......................................................................................................................................20

P2 Research Methods
As commented by Parasuraman, Xin and Zou (2018), research need to focus on mainly two
approaches including quantitative and qualitative approaches. Research methods are utilized for
developing proper procedure to the study.
Quantitative research method
As mentioned by Nath (2018), it is a method that include collection of numerical data that
can be modified into statistics. It is utilized for quantifying opinions, behaviors and attitudes of
participants and generalize results from large set of population. Data collections are done with
the help of online or paper survey, observations and interviews. As stated by RameshBabu
(2017) quantitative method helps in gathering data in less time. Quantitative research has been
related to testing hypothesis derived from any theory. Participants might randomly assigned to
several treatments based on the research questions. The researcher might collect data and
information from participants based on situational characteristics and variables. Quantitative data
collection methods rely on random sampling and structured data gathering tools. A probability
sampling method deals with sampling which uses random selection from population (Sage and
Burgio 2018). The entire set of respondents is known as population. Therefore, for getting
appropriate results, sampling is done. In case of quantitative method, population is high in
number. Therefore, random sampling is required for getting as sample size over which analysis
can be done. Quantitative techniques incorporating study may help in responding to this
exploration question. Study survey can be utilized right now assessing effect of house router on
rest throughout the night. Review should be possible on particular restorative specialists and
survey can be given to them identified with the examination questions. The exploration questions
has been in setting of impact of house router on rest of a person. Consequently, close finished

inquiries can be remembered for the review poll identified with impact of house router on rest of
people. Medicinal specialists will be suitable respondents for this study as they are had practical
experience in this field and can give better responses to poll.
Survey: Surveys are popular method used for collecting primary data. When there is a
need of collecting data from a large sample, survey can be used for collecting data (Hardell
2018). Quantitative methods are numerical in nature and data can be statistically analyzed for
answering the research questions. Surveys are proper tools that helps in gathering data from
businesses, communities and groups. Surveys include questionnaires which include a set of
questions in order to resolve research questions. These questions need to be designed for
collecting statistical data from respondents. Questionnaires are cheap in cost and does not require
extra effort from the researcher to collect data and information. As argued by Narain (2017),
survey questionnaires are not able to collect in-depth data required in the research. Along with
this, the validity and reliability of collected data is not done properly as no tool can access the
truthfulness of respondents. So, survey is nit used in some of the cases as data gathering
instrument (Muntjir and Rahul 2019).
Interviews: As commented by Belyaev (2018), structured interview is a quantitative
method. It include set of questions that are preset. Interviews have been great way for obtaining
data from single and small number of respondents. Structured interview has been a part of
quantitative method as it might help in gathering statistical data.
In this case, the impact of house router on sleep over the night has been taken as research
questions. Quantitative methods including survey might help in answering this research question.
Survey questionnaire can be used in this research for evaluating impact of house router on sleep
over the night. Survey can be done on specialized medical doctors and questionnaire can be

provided to them related to the research questions (Hedendahl et al. 2017). The research
questions has been in context of effect of house router on sleep of an individual. Therefore,
close-ended questions can be comprised in survey questionnaire related to effect of house router
on sleep of individuals. Medical doctors will be appropriate respondents for this survey as they
are specialized in this field and can provide better answers to questionnaire (Noaman 2019).
Qualitative research method
Qualitative research method plays an important role in affecting evaluation for providing
data useful for considerate processes behind observed results. As commented by Miller et al.
(2019), qualitative methods are used for improving quality of survey based quantitative
evaluations with the help of generating evaluation hypothesis. Interviews tend to be open-ended
and include less structured protocols. This help in adding and refining more focus on the
researched issues. These are heavily interactive and depends on respondents for gathering in-
depth data and data connected to topic. Triangulation is used for increasing credibility of their
findings on multiple data collection methods for checking authenticity. As argued by Belpomme
et al. (2018), qualitative method needs more amount of time than that of quantitative method.
In-depth interviews: This is a valuable qualitative data collection method that is utilized
for different purposes including program refinement, assessment and issue identification. In-
depth interviews have been appropriate for situations that ask open-ended questions with depth
of answers can be collected.
Observation methods: It is a common methods for qualitative data collection in which
observation has been in demand. It include researchers to become a respondent in their research.
Participant observation often requires months and years of hard work as researcher needs to
become accepted as general part of the research.

Focus groups: As commented by Alattar et al. (2018), a focus group is a group interview
of six to twelve people having same characteristics and common interest. Facilitator used to
guide these focus groups a set topics to them. Facilitator used to encourage them for sharing their
opinions and knowledge regarding the topic. Data is collected from views and opinions of the
focus groups. Subjective data form is collected from focus group. It is not measured numerically.
It is helpful for getting quick reply and easy for setting up. It has been useful for gaining insight
into a topic that might be more difficult for gathering through other data collection methods.
Online journals, books and academic reports: As commented by Pockett (2018), these
sources of data have the most common qualitative data sources used in the research for data
gathering. Several online journals, books and academic sources are utilized for collecting data
from previous studies. This help in getting in-depth data from previous studies. Themes are
made created on objectives and research questions which are answered with help of previous
studies.
In this research, data can be collected from online journals, books and academic sources.
These sources need to be based on the research topic including impact home router on sleep of
person overnight. Several online articles and journals based on the research questions can be
gathered. Data can be gathered from these online journals and books. Data collected from these
sources might help in answering the mentioned research question.
P3 Conducting secondary research
In order to find the effect on sleeping and health due to exposure to WIFI waves, certain themes
have been created. These themes have been created based on objectives of research.
Following are three themes for this research:

Theme 1: Impact on sleeping and health due to exposure to WIFI waves.
Theme 2: Issues of having router in the sleeping room
Theme 3: It is safe to sleep into the same room with a WIFI router
Data has been collected with respect to these themes. A thematic analysis of these three themes
will help in understanding the result of the study. These themes will help in answering the
question that how does in house router affect someone’s sleep over the night? The budget for the
research has been mentioned below:
Activities Cost
Planning $20
Literature review $50
Data Collection $60
Data Analysis $10
TOTAL $140
The research has monitored all ethical concern under academic research guidelines. Data
has been secured under Data Protection Act 1998. Data has been collected form online journals,
articles and books. All journals have been after 2014 year and have proper author name.
Therefore, validity and reliability of data has been done already as data has been collected from
authentic sources.
P4 Analysis
Theme 1: Impact on sleeping and health due to exposure to WIFI waves

As commented by Parasuraman, Xin and Zou (2018), there have been many arguments based on
the theme that microwave frequency EMFs might be more dangerous for young children with
skull thickness issues. However, other researches have focused on active in production of
embryonic stem cells. The decreased DNA repair and increased DNA damage followed by EMF
exposure has been strongly suggesting young children might increase susceptibility to cancer in
such exposures. Several studies have reflected an issue with the exposure of the WIFI waves.
The electromagnetic field created due to the router has been affecting the brain of young children
more than that of adults (Nath 2018). WIFI has been creating issue with the sleep disorder in the
long term. Studies have found that there is no short term effect on sleep of individual in WIFI
waves. However, long term effects can cause cancer and DNA damage in human beings. Some
studies based on this research topic have focused on decreased spermatogenesis in males. There
have been neurological effects in human brain which have been causing problems. However, it is
still argumentative of having issues with exposure in WIFI waves to individual.
Theme 2: Issues of having router in the sleeping room
There has been persistent public concern related to sleep disturbances due to radiofrequency
electromagnetic field. There has been argumentative conclusion done in several journals and
researches about the issues of having router in the sleeping room. However, repeated exposure to
WIFI waves have shown oxidative stress, sperm damage and neuropsychiatric effects in human
beings. Each of these effects have been caused by exposures to other microwave frequency and
provided to various researches. RameshBabu (2017) stated that people using WIFI might suffer
from insomnia. Presence of router in sleeping room might cause childhood development issues.
Pregnant women are negatively affected by the exposure to router and its waves. These waves

have been negatively affecting in development of fetus in mother’s womb. Exposure to EMFs
from WIFI might cause raise in heart rate or erratic heart rate (Sage and Burgio 2018).
Theme 3: It is safe to sleep into the same room with a WIFI router
As mentioned by Hardell (2018), it has been safe to sleep next to wireless router as it generates
radio waves. These waves do not broke chemical bonds and ionization in humans. Radio waves
do not damage DNA of human cells in short term. As stated by Narain (2017), radio waves from
a router operate in 2.4-5 GHz electromagnetic spectrum as microwaves, the router used to
operate at lower power levels than microwave. These waves used to lose its strength as they
travel away from router. Wireless routers are lower in rank than other electromagnetic radiation
in mobiles and headsets. As per WHO, scientists do not discovered any kind of negative health
effects from low level, long term exposure to radio frequency. WHO describes that exposure to
radio waves at typical environmental levels do not enhance risk of any adverse outcomes
including malformations, instant abortions, low birth weight and congenital disease (Muntjir and
Rahul 2019).
Therefore, it can be concluded that there has been argumentative results with effect of house
router in sleeping room. It is found that there has no effect of router on human sleep. As WIFI
router waves are not so strong in frequency. Therefore, there might not be any short term
outcome on social health. However, there might be long term outcome on human health with
constant exposure with WIFI waves.

P5 Communicate research outcomes in an appropriate manner for the
intended audience.
Outcome Stakeholders list
Forms Participants Collecting data
from them
They will
understand
issues related to
the research
topic
1 Written Researchers Analyse the
whole study
They will be
positively
affected by
outcome of the
research
2 Online Medical experts Provide useful
information
They will find
new conclusion
to their health
check-up
3 Telephone Supervisors Guiding in
research
They are
directly affected
by the research
outcomes.
4 Face to face Manager Managing
whole research
They have been
looking for
success of the
research.
P6 Effectiveness of research methods
Research methodology has been focusing in scientific methods that need to be utilized in the
research to complete it properly. It include several sub sections including philosophy, approach,
design, data collection, data analysis and ethical; consideration. Research philosophy deals with
essential details which are designated in the research topic. It helps in providing deeper
information and insight to the impact of home router on sleep over the night. Selection of proper

philosophy is depended on the nature of the study. As referenced by Belyaev (2018), it is a
strategy that incorporate assortment of numerical information that can be changed into
measurements. It is used for evaluating sentiments, practices and mentalities of members and
sum up results from enormous arrangement of populace. Information assortments are finished
with the assistance of on the web or paper study, perceptions and meetings. As expressed by
Hedendahl et al. (2017) quantitative strategy helps in social affair information in less time.
Quantitative research has been identified with testing speculation got from any hypothesis.
Members may haphazardly allocated to a few medications dependent on the examination
questions. The specialist may gather information and data from members dependent on
situational attributes and factors. Quantitative information assortment strategies depend on
arbitrary testing and organized information gathering apparatuses. A likelihood examining
strategy manages inspecting which utilizes irregular determination from populace. The whole
arrangement of respondents is known as populace. Along these lines, for getting fitting
outcomes, testing is finished. If there should arise an occurrence of quantitative technique,
populace is high in number. Along these lines, irregular testing is required for getting as test size
over which examination should be possible.
Generally two types are available for research philosophy which are positivism and
interpretivism. Positivism refers to uses of scientific and logical ideas in order to analyze hidden
facts and data related to the research topic. Interpretivism deals with complex structures that
include analyzing social world. Interpretivism deals with creating theory based on the research
topic. This research has used positivism philosophy as it has helped in understanding deeper
knowledge related to the impact of home router on sleep of individual (Noaman 2019).
Positivism philosophy has helped in analyzing existing theories and models on the research

topic. Research system has been centering in logical techniques that should be used in the
examination to finish it appropriately. It incorporate a few sub areas including theory, approach,
structure, information assortment, information investigation and moral; thought. Research
reasoning arrangements with fundamental subtleties which are assigned in the examination
theme. It helps in giving further data and understanding to the effect of home router on rest
throughout the night. Choice of legitimate way of thinking is relied upon the idea of the
investigation. By and large two sorts are accessible for look into theory which are positivism and
interpretivism. Positivism alludes to employments of logical and sensible thoughts so as to
dissect concealed realities and information identified with the examination theme. Interpretivism
manages complex structures that incorporate breaking down social world. Interpretivism
manages making hypothesis dependent on the exploration point. This exploration has utilized
positivism theory as it has helped in understanding further information identified with the effect
of home router on rest of person (Miller et al. 2019). Positivism reasoning has helped in
investigating existing speculations and models on the examination subject.
Research approach helps in guiding researcher in order to conduct the whole study in a proper
manner. This methodology section has helped in providing better application of home router at
various places and affecting sleep at night. There are two categories of research approach
including deductive and inductive approach. Deductive approach deals with research statement
and questions that are required for answering whole study. This approach is used to convert
theories into research questions and collection of data properly. However, inductive method
deals with creating new theories based on research topic. This research has selected deductive
research approach which has helped in focusing on objectives of research. The selection of
deductive approach has been justified as the research has been based on certain objectives.