ACADEMIC TEAMS VS.

ATHLETIC TEAMS
By: Malcolm Pithawalla & Titus Wu

How many on Academic Teams

2 people

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Mock Trial Quiz Bowl

How many people on Athletic Teams

14 people

Cross Country
Dance Company Volleyball Basketball Cheer Soccer Track and Field Color Guard Baseball Swimming

Academic vs. Athletic Chart

Good or Bad Experiences in Academic Teams

No bad experiences for team members, but those who

tried out and were cut had bad experiences. Good experiences in academic teams because they got in

Good or Bad Experiences in Athletic Teams

There were bad experiences, but only because of injuries,

cuts at tryouts, or registration issues Good experiences because of making the team, winning championships, knowing more people, and because any sport is simply fun.

Good or Bad Experiences Total

GPA Average
Usually greater than 3.6 among academic team members

The lowest for an athletic team member is 2.33

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 GPA above 3.6 GPA between 3.6 and 3.3 GPA between 3.3 and 3.0 No comment Students

Why join a team?

To have status

Be recognized by colleges
Playing a sport that is fun Hang around friends with similar interests Try something new

How do you rate yourself?

For team work, students rated themselves from 3 to 5

For athletics, students on athletic teams rated themselves

higher than those on academic teams from an average range of 3 to 5. For intelligence, students on athletic teams rated themselves lower than those on academic teams from an average range of 3 to 5

Brains or Brawn?
A majority voted for brains because the brain lasts longer

than muscles, controls everything, and can lead anybodys future. The few who voted muscles ruled that there is literally more muscle than brain and it is important to be physically fit.

Brains or Brawn

GPA Analysis
From the data, students with an athletic team have a

lower GPA Students with academic teams or without any activities usually have a higher GPA than other students because they can dedicate more time to education

Social Skills
Both academic and athletic teams say they have good

social skills Other student not on either team, say they have little social skills With students on teams, social skills are developed and are common among both teams

Ratings
18

16
14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Team work Athletic Intelligence 1 2 3 4 5

Analysis of Reasoning
Many students say they joined a team because they

wanted to impress colleges, have status, and do it just for the fun of it. This is common among many students, so it must mean that they joined a team for these reasons.

Analysis of Ratings
A majority of athletes gave themselves high ratings for

being athletic, which displays athletes to be more active than other students Among academic team members, students gave themselves high ratings for intelligence, which displays members to be more intelligent than other students.

Error Analysis/ Other

There were again exceptions, showing that these analysis

are not definite, but rather correlation.