Steer clear of the Heart of Dixie: Alabama named the most stressed state in America
Article summary:
- Alabama was named America’s most stressed state in an annual report
- It scored the worst in categories of strain from work, money, family and health
- Meanwhile Minnesota was ranked first as the country’s least stressed state
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A recent study from WalletHub has ranked Alabama as the most stressed state in the US. Meanwhile, Minnesota took the top grade as the least stressed state.
The data presented in this article is collected by the organisation U.S. WalletHub and I simply went on their website and looked at the table presented to check that the data was accurate. The table ranked all US states by total stress combined, work related stress, money related stress, family related stress and health and safety related stress. Based on total stress combined, Alabama was ranked most stressed city in America. The methodology used to produce this data set was looking at 33 different metrics within each category, with each metric having a scale from 1 to 100. I believe that the scale of choice is too large especially as the average points achieved was under 5 points, if a smaller number range was chosen then it would also help prevent really skewed data and give us a more accurate picture of the stress levels within each state.
I would not consider this article ‘statistical nonsense’ as the data presented does show us that Alabama is the most stressed state in America but rather that the method used in the research be improved upon to give us more accurate data.