WGU Research Foundations (C224) EXAM GRADED A LATEST 2023/2024

WGU Research Foundations (C224) EXAM GRADED A LATEST 2023/2024 Non-Experimental Research Methods - CORRECT ANSWER Correlation and Casual Comparative Correlation research method - CORRECT ANSWER non-experimantal 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 gun shot 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 relationships