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Name of resource: Stress & absences scatterplot activity
Submitted by: Aidan Sammons
Specification details: AQA-A
Other specifications: Edexcel, OCR, AQA-B
Guidance: I use this for research methods but it could equally be used for a stress-based topic.
Gather data from the class.  You need a stress score (use the questionnaire on this site or one
of your own) and get each student to estimate how many days they have been absent from college
or school in the past 3 months.  Get them to plot the data on the graph area and then comment on it.
Apart from looking at the relationship, can be used to open up discussion about the validity
of the measures used.