NCE Research 91 Questions And Answers

Correlation - ️️Not the same as causality - simply an association. The _______ between people who have an umbrella open and rain is very high, but opening your umbrella does not cause it to rain. True - ️️Correlations go from negative 1 to 0 to positive 1. Zero means no correlation while positive 1 and negative 1 are perfect correlations. A negative .5 is not higher than a correlation of -.5. In fact, correlation of -.8 is stronger than a correlation of .5 Positive correlation - ️️When X goes up, Y goes up. For example, when you study more, your GPA goes up. Negative correlation - ️️When X goes up Y goes down. For example, the more you brush your teeth, the less you will be plagued by cavities. Research - ️️is quantitative when one quantifies or measures things Quantitative research - ️️yields numbers Qualitative research - ️️when research does not use numerical data Bubbles - ️️Flaws in research True experiment - ️️two or more groups are used Random sampling, random assignment - ️️In a true experiment, the people are picked via _______ and placed in groups using _________.