(Solution) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY 14:762768 (2002) Is Obesity Associated With Poor Sleep Quality in Adolescents?

In the attached document I need examples of the 5 steps for hypothesis testing.Here are the 5 steps for hypothesis testing that I need examples for. 1. Set up hypothesis and determine level of significance 2. Select the appropriate test statistic. 3. Set up decision rule. 4. Computing the test statistic 5. Conclusion Is Obesity Associated With Poor Sleep Quality in Adolescents?

 

NEERAJ K. GUPTA,

 

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WILLIAM H. MUELLER,

 

1

 

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WENYAW CHAN,

 

1

 

AND JANET C. MEININGER

 

2

 

1

 

School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston,

 

Texas 77225

 

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School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston,

 

Texas 77225

 

ABSTRACT

 

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. and more developed countries,

 

particularly so among adolescents. A substantial impact on public health could be achieved if other

 

factors causing obesity besides the conventional ones of diet and physical activity could be identified

 

and acted upon. The present study investigates whether there is a link between low sleep quality and

 

obesity in a tri-ethnic, cross-sectional sample (n = 383) of male and female adolescents ages 11±16

 

years old (Heartfelt Study). Sleep quality was expressed as two variables, total sleep time and sleep

 

disturbance time obtained by 24-hour wrist actigraphy. Percent body fat and body mass index (BMI)

 

were used together to define obesity. The potential influence of demographic and behavioral con-

 

founders were considered in models that described the relation of sleep to obesity occurrence. Obese

 

adolescents experienced less sleep than nonobese adolescents (

 

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