Correlational Studies

Question 1

What is a correlational study?

Answer 1

is an example of non experimental studies

Question 2

What are other non experimental study?

Answer 2

interviews
questionaries
correlational studies
case studies
observations

Question 3

What does a correlational study look at?

Answer 3

Looks at two sets of data and measures the relationship between them and not the cause and effect.
Cant measure the variables

Question 4

What is a scattergram?

Answer 4

A type of graph that represents the strength and direction of the relationship between co - variables in a correlation analysis

Question 5

What is a positive correlation?

Answer 5

As one co variable increases so does the other

Question 6

What is negative correlation?

Answer 6

As one co variable increases the other decreases

Question 7

What is zero correlation?

Answer 7

There is no relationship between the co variable

Question 8

What is a strength of correlational studies?

Answer 8

Usefulness : You can see how two things are related together
Then design experiments to find out why
Correlations can provide the basis for further research

Question 9

What is the weaknesses of correlational studies?

Answer 9

Low internal validity : cant establish cause and effect as a third factor may have caused both
- confounding variables : These variables have an effect on the variables which decrease the validity
- Can’t tell which one came first : direction of causality