EXAMPLE 2.1

College students cope with stress. Stress is a common problem for college students. Exploring factors that are associated with stress may lead to strategies that will help students to relieve some of the stress that they experience. A recent study found that students who experienced greater stress had less access to resources that would help them to cope with their stress.¹ The two variables involved in the relationship here are perceived stress and resources to cope. The cases are the 97 students who are the subjects for a particular study.