WGU Research Foundations (C224)|195 questions with correct answers

Non-Experimental Research Methods CORRECT ANSWER Correlation and Casual Comparative Correlation research method CORRECT ANSWER non-experimental research method. A process to collect data to determine if a relationship exists between two or more quantitative variables, and to what degree. Correlation Coefficient CORRECT ANSWER Strength and direction of a relationship between two variables. range of +1 to -1 Positive Correlation CORRECT ANSWER r=+1 (points follow along a line) Negative Correlation CORRECT ANSWER r=-1 (no correlation is a 0 and looks like a gunshot all over) Variable CORRECT ANSWER a condition or characteristic that can take on different values or categories (such as age, GPA, gender, etc.) Descriptive Statistics CORRECT ANSWER Goal is to describe, summarize, or make sense of a particular set of data. Inferential Statistics CORRECT ANSWER where researchers use the laws of probability to make inferences about populations based on sample data. Strengths of Quantitative Research CORRECT ANSWER -Testing and validating already constructed theories -Can generalize research findings when based on random samples -Determining nomothetic consumption (general scientific casual relatio