EXAMPLE 2.3

Stress and resources to cope. Refer to Example 2.1. The study asked 97 first-year college students about their stress (perceived stress) and the availability of resources to deal with stress (resources to cope).² Perceived stress is based on responses to 10 questions that are summarized in a single variable. Therefore, we will treat the perceived stress as a quantitative variable. Resources to cope is constructed in a similar way summarizing the responses to 20 questions. We treat resources to cope as a quantitative variable also.