Is there a Correlation between GCSE Mathematics and English Literature scores?
… a high achiever in English Literature you will also be a high achiever in Mathematics. I think that as both subjects are challenging and require analysis of the text/results that both subjects depend on the pupil having a high intelligence. If my conclusion is proved to be right then my results will have a positive correlation. This means that if a pupil achieved high scores in Mathematics I expect them to achieve high scores in English Literature. Both the conclusions made by myself and the English literature teacher expect that there will be a correlation between the GCSE scores obtained in English Literature and Mathematics. Data Collection and Sampling: I obtained my raw data from the high school which I previously attended as I thought this was only fair as both the English literature teacher and I had based our conclusion on the results from this school. The population for my investigation …
