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STRESS AND HAPPINESS ASSIGNMENT
The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate your 1) knowledge and understanding of psychological theories and concepts – stress and happiness; 2) ability to interpret and analyze empirical data related to these concepts; and 3) apply what you have learned.
For this assignment, you will be using data collected in class on levels of Stress and Happiness, your text, and videos.
This assignment is worth 100 points. Due: May 01, 11:59 pm__
PART I
1. Take the Stress and Happiness Survey
2. Calculate your stress and happiness mean (average) scores. Record them.
MEASURE
YOUR AVERAGE
(N=1)
YOUR CLASS AVERAGE
(N=20)
LARGE CLASS AVG.
(N=200)
MALE
COMBINED
(N=49)
FEMALE
COMBINED
(N=101)
TOTAL Happiness
5.6
4.36
4.339
4.482
4.269
TOTAL Stress
2.25
3.64
4.232
3.67
4.232
AGE
19
20.3
21.07
20.29
21.46
GENDER
F
M=8
F=12
1. The averages that are already calculated and filled in, above, are needed for a more realistic comparison of your scores and our class to a LARGE N number class, in this case N=200 instead of N=20.
2 First, place your own submitted score for Total Happiness Total Stress and Age in the appropriate blank boxes under Your Average, above. N means number of and here it is equal to 1 which is your score alone.
3. Second, add up the columns of numbers below and then divide by N or 20, (the number or responses in our class), to get the average for our class on Total Happiness, Total Stress scores and Age. Then place those averages in the empty boxes above. The Data is listed below:
Data (N=20)
Satisfaction w/Life
Perceived Stress
Age
Gender
6.2
1.9
19
f
6
4.4
27
f
2.8
3.5
19
m
5.2
2
22
m
3.8
3
18
f
3.2
4
16
m
3.2
4.8
21
f
6
5.3
19
f
6.4
1.4
19
m
5.6
2.3
19
f
4
5.6
19