Analysis of Newspaper Research Report Paper

Tina Thomas

Axia University

September 12, 2010

HCS 438 – Statistical Applications

Instructor: Farhan Shahab

Assignment: Analysis of Newspaper Research Report Paper

This paper is going to discuss from a statistical point of view an article that is health related and a research study that has been summarized and discussed. The conclusion will be looked into and presented and the approach if it is correct and suitable for any of the statistics that are involved.

The article is Obesity, Smoking Linked to Teen Migraines: Study Shows Lack of Exercise Also May Increase Chances of Migraines in Teenagers. The article was written by Salynn Boyles and the article is located on WebMD Health News website and the article is dated August 18, 2010.

The research study that was done shows that teenagers that are overweight can have migraines headaches, if they smoke cigarettes, or if they exercise lightly or if they do not exercise at all. The teenagers that were involved in the study were among all three of the listed lifestyle factors and their lifestyles and behaviors had them having headaches there were severe which is more than the teens that had a weight that was normal and the teenagers that did not smoke. Headaches seemed to be a complaint that is common amongst teenagers, teenage boys about 5% and teenage girls about 8% is what one of the studies that was done nationwide reported as the frequency of migraines. There was another study that was done in Poland where 28% of older teenagers were reported to having bad migraine headaches. Lifestyle factors such as obesity and smoking have been shown to be a major influence on the migraine headaches that are chronic and frequent in adults but because of this new study that has been published by the Neurology journal it has been the first to explore this relationship amongst teenagers.

This study was used as a way to examine the impact of teenagers with the lifestyle factors that are negative like smoking and obesity....