Adolescent sleep data

RATIONALE
Within this experiment we intend to analyse collected data of the quantity of sleep among teenagers aged 14-16. We will be collecting 2 sets of
data that being sleep quantity with technology less than an hour before and quantity of sleep with no technology an hour before. The data will
be collected over a week in order to get enough data to prove whether or not sleep is affected by technology usage.

RESEARCH QUESTION
The research question is “Does technology usage an hour before sleep have an effect on the quantity of sleep within adolescents aged 14-16”

Null hypothesis: Usage of technology an hour before sleep has no effect on 14–16-year-olds sleep quantity.

Alternative hypothesis: Usage of technology an hour before sleep affects function sleep quantity in 14–16-year-olds.

METHODOLOGY:
Our method for collecting data allows us to collect sufficient data on the quantity of sleep among adolescent teenagers and
with this data it shall allow us to find an informed conclusion to the research question stated. We will use fit-bit watches in
order to measure the quantity of sleep in the adolescents participating in this experiment. Due to this the only
materials being used within this experiment are the fit-bit watches provided

Safety and ethical considerations

There are no safety concerns when it comes to this experiment nor are there any ethical considerations considering the
experiment is limited to tracking people sleep which could be seen as a breach of privacy but since the participants are willing to be a part
of the experiment there isn’t an issue

RESULTS
Raw data
tech non-tech
480 502.6667
424.6667 476.6667
470.3333 441.6667
517.3333 488.3333
484.6667 481.6667
528.6667 518.3333
446.3333 466
375 446.6667
485 470.3333
452 478
435.3333 538.3333
509.3333 515.6667
516.3333 514
499.6667 461.3333
544 515
527.3333 506.3333
392.6667 357
506.6667 533
549 613.3333
441.6667 471.3333
505.3333 447.3333
466.6667 452.3333
381.3333 413
472.3333 475.6667
457 459
491.6667 495
505.6667 532
405.3333 510.6667
478.6667 474.3333
446 499.3333
409.6667 476.6667

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 476.2 519.6
544.3333 557.6667
505.3333 467.3333
487.3333 520.3333
528.6667 485

Descriptive statistics
the statistics in the table above show the amount of sleep with and without technology side by side with all 36
subjects. from the data recorded it seems as though there were no outliers within the study. generally the central
tendency was around 450-500 with relatively none going to far away from those times.

adolescent sleep quantities

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tech non-tech

Inferential statistics
Calculation Hours of Sleep (Control) Hours of Sleep (IV)
Mean 476.3204 488.3593

Median 482.3334 483.33335

Mode 528.6667 476.6667

Range 174 256.3333

Standard Deviation -46.513 43.685208

t-test

DISCUSSION
with the data collected we should accept the null hypothesis due to the fact that the data collected between both
tech and no tech before bed being so similar. Possible limitations in the data collected would include the fact that
some people would have to record their data on different days due to the fact that people may have been away

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when the fit-bit watches were handed out. Also if people had to get up early for music or sport that could effect the
timing of the data. In addition technical issues with the watches may result in incorrect data. The data collected in
this experiment is valid and reliable to an extent due to possible limitations like needing to get up early for school
events. From the results collected none of them seemed to be outliers in the experiment data collected and the
range of the data isn’t that large of a gap. With the data collected the null hypothesis should be accepted. This is
because the data collected does not show a clear change between the sleep recorded with technology before and
the sleep recorded without technology before it. The simple fact is that with so little change recorded the null
hypothesis cannot be rejected.

CONCLUSION
Within this study we found that when the sleep of adolescent teenagers was recorded with and without technology
that there was relatively no change in the quantity of sleep had by the participants. With this data the null
hypothesis has been proven and the research question answered. The data clearly tells us that technology has little
to no effect on the quantity of sleep within adolescents aged 14-16 when comparing data of sleep with technology
and without.

References
Ann E E Johansson, M. A. (2016). Adolescent Sleep and the Impact of Technology Use Before Sleep on Daytime
Function . National Library of Medicine .

Elizaveta Bourchtein, J. M. (2019). Technology Use and Sleep in Adolescents with and without
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. . National Library of Medicine .