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Is there a Correlation between GCSE Mathematics and English Literature scores?  

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Is there a Correlation between GCSE Mathematics and English Literature scores? Aim: The aim of my investigation is to find out if there is any correlation between individual's scores in GCSE Mathematics and English Literature. Also, I aim to find out whether the correlation (if present) is negative or positive. Reason for Investigation: I have decided to investigate this as at my previous high school many of my teachers, but in particular my English literature teacher, thought that if a pupil was a high achiever in the English Literature GCSE then it was unlikely that they were also a high achiever in the Mathematics GCSE. She had reached this conclusion through the knowledge that English Literature is a creative subject where' as Mathematics depended more on logic and Memory. If her conclusion proved to be correct my results will have a negative correlation. This would mean that if the scores in Mathematics...

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