Just after a little bit of help proving, or disproving a theory (For Biology)

[OpalRhea]

Hi. For my biology assignment, I have to come up with two variables, and gather data so I can graph it to show if there's a correlation between the two.

The subject I chose was 'Time spent reading for pleasure directly influences higher English scores.'.

So I was just wondering if you wonderful people of PKMN.NET would be willing to answer two questions for me (honestly please).

1. On average how many hours a week (guesstimate if you don't have a solid number) do you spend reading for enjoyment (Including fanfiction, articles... Basically anything that interests you, that has you thinking while you read)?
2. What was your average percentage score in the last two years you've taken English (if you remember, otherwise don't worry)?

[Del]

i don't think we ever did percentages at school with regards to grading, but i remember my GCSE's and using grading criteria we could estimate i guess? hope that's helpful enough.

I read a fair amount fairly regularly, although some of it isn't particularly high quality. I'd say maybe 30-40 hours a week?

Based on my grade and the grading scheme, I had somewhere between 66% and 75% at GCSE. I don't know the exact marks (only that I got a B in Joint English Lit/Lat on the OCR course, although this mark scheme comes from 3 years after I did mine but they're probably close enough).

Hope this is somewhat helpful for you, if not then my apologies~

[OpalRhea]

That's fine. The only reason I want percentages is because I need numbers for the graphing, and percentages is easier than trying to convert several different grading methods. Thank you for your help Del.

[SaRo|Rapidash]

I don't read for enjoyment much at all, unless you count like reading fanfics on this site or whatever in which case probably like an hour a week.

As for percentage English score, I get high B's to low A's, so that's probably around 70%?

[OpalRhea]

Thanks Dick! I'll edit the first post to clarify that it's reading anything with at least equal words to pictures for enjoyment works fine.

[Kerou 犠牲]

I read nothing for enjoyment, probably at most an hour a month. Back when I did my GCSEs it was more like an hour a fortnight probably (although in my defence I'm also a very quick reader when I do read). English Language I got a low A and English Literature I got a high B (this was 5-6 years ago mind)

[OpalRhea]

Data is data, even if it's old. Thank you for your contribution.

[SirBlaziken]

Um..... my data for the test scores is on a different scale, so I don't think it would be accurate (easier to get higher percent over here). Also the grading scale is all screwed up.

I'm reading (counting computer and stuff, as well as books) about 10 to 15 hours a week.

If you want it, my scores in english are mid to high A's.

[the bread dragon]

id say im reading about 35 hours a week or something of the sort (probably 90% of this is on the comp) and i get low A's in english

[OpalRhea]

As long as it's for enjoyment, that's fine data. Thank you both. At this rate, i may actually have enough to complete the assignment. Thanks guys

[Kpyna]

1. I'd say like, 10 to 15 hours a week, but it's pretty much all reading on the internet.
2. This year, I should be averaging to an 80 in English. However, I'm in a high level English for people in my grade. Last year I believe I finished with around an 80 too, and same story with the high level English. If you're not just making a chart and need a better assessment of my skills (I'm honestly a huge slacker), I scored in like the 85th percentile for critical reading and the 92nd for writing, I believe. I don't know if your GSCEs work similarly, but it means I scored better than 85 and 92 percent of the people who took the SAT in the respective categories.

[kindtocrows]

I'd say it's somewhere between 20-30 hours a week, depending on the week, and my grades in English are usually around 70-80%, though my teacher is a really tough grader, so that's decent.

[Hahex and Oshawott]

Honestly, those variables are fairly vague when it comes to trying to prove a theory. Reading for enjoyment is defined really broadly; the text that scrolls past in pokemon games are sometimes enjoyable and (occasionally) thought provoking but I assume that's not what you're after?

Then, its really hard to define exactly how much time someone spends reading. Sure, I'll look at any interesting article that comes my way but then how long do I read that for? People read at varying speeds as well, as outlined here:

I read nothing for enjoyment, probably at most an hour a month. Back when I did my GCSEs it was more like an hour a fortnight probably (although in my defence I'm also a very quick reader when I do read). English Language I got a low A and English Literature I got a high B (this was 5-6 years ago mind)

which changes the quantity of what they read, but then your test is related to time specifically.

Also, how do you define pleasure? Is that defined as reading solely for the purpose of entertainment or could it also have multiple purposes (such as reading a textbook for a subject you enjoy, but also because you have a test on the next day for example).

Another problem is the differences in grading systems. This website has grown a lot in my time to include people from all over the world, who may not necessarily use the same exam board. Heck, does an "average percentage score" count tests set by teachers within an individual school only as well?

I'd say it's somewhere between 20-30 hours a week, depending on the week, and my grades in English are usually around 70-80%, though my teacher is a really tough grader, so that's decent.

Then the standard at which your sample is tested varies at every instance; there's no set criteria.

Well, at the end of the day, I'm just talking out of my butt for no real reason. If they ask you something about how your test could be improved or something then those are some points that could be brought up, but really I don't even know what I'm talking about. I've studied science in general about as long as I've studied English (up till GCSE), let alone Biology specifically


...now that I've actually read some replies, I now notice that most of the crap I wrote has been mentioned.
Anyway, maybe I read about an hour or hour and a half a day, so that's about 7~10ish hours per week. I got an A in English (lit? lang? are they seperate? I did both in any case).

[Liam]

I only read factual stuff, and even then it's hardly ever. I'll touch a book like once every couple of months.

I got an A for English literature (80%+ roughly) and an A* for English language (90%+ roughly) at GCSE level