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Three Year Trend

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It is evidently by the graph that the amount of sassy comments significantly decreased over the three week programme. The programme had an average of 10.7 sassy remarks per day compared to the baseline data of 15.5, this shows an average decrease of 4.8 sassy comments. Consequently, the programme data greatly fluctuates over the three weeks with the maximum number of sassy comment made during the three week period was fifteen and the minimum was six. Unmistakeably, there are several trends, both of which are also seen in the baseline data. Firstly, the general trend of sassy comments decreases towards the end of the week and during the weekend (Friday to Sunday) similar to that of the baseline data. In addition, my sassy comments largely peak …show more content…

Comparing the two data’s, the baseline data had a positive correlation of 0.4048 whereas the programme data had a negative correlation of -0.1513. This signifies that for the baseline data for my sassy comments had a general increase in trend, in contrast to the programme data were it had a negative trend. Although, the -0.1513 is a relatively weak decrease compared to a reasonably moderate increase of 0.4048, it nevertheless demonstrates a small effectiveness of the programme. As seen on the graph, the blue line (baseline data) is largely above the yellow line (programme date) in an upward trend whereas the yellow line gradually declines. It is highly difficult to factor out the antecedents that influence my behaviour; therefore understanding those factors is the second best option. I have noted that my mood affects my amount of sassiness each day and that midweek my mood significantly decreases and then increases in late week. Although, it impacts my data greatly it is too difficult to change these controlling factors. A solution to the problem would be to control the amount of people I see, thus, controlling my sassiness. Generally, I only express sassy comments as a response to a cheeky or somewhat vacuous question/comment made by an acquaintance. Henceforth, restricting the amount of people I see midweek when my sassiness peaks due to antecedents, such as mood, would to some

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