Essays on Correlation

Descriptive and correlational research methods are the major types of quantitative research used to collect data and if need be, determine its relationship to a certain phenomenon.  Research, interestingly, encompasses surfing the internet, watching the news and reading a factual magazine, newspaper or book as opposed to popular belief that research and experimental processes must…

What is the difference between strong negative and strong positive correlation? What does zero correlation tell you? Can you share a relationship between two variables that is typically negative? Would you make a guess at how strong that relationship might be and assign a numeric value? In a positive correlation, as the values of one…

Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford, The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles by John Smith, and The Tempest by William Shakespeare, seem to have one thing in common in that they all touch upon the aspect of life in the new world. While The Tempest alludes to the new world…

A researcher is studying reading rates in milliseconds per syllable. What scale of measurement—nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio—is time in milliseconds? Explain your response. (1 point) The response time could be measured using the ratio scale that has an absolute zero measurement for time. Under what circumstances is the median or mode a better measure…

What are the most prudent decisions she can make about her responsibilities to herself and others? The most prudent decision she can make about her responsibilities to herself and others would be to turn it in to the airline. Using information out of the proposal would result in her dismissal because she would be in…

Correlation does not imply causation. According to “statistical Language Correlation and Causation” (Correlation is a statistical measure (expressed as a number) that describes the size and direction of a relationship between two or more variables. A correlation between variables, however, does not automatically mean that the change in one variable is the cause of the…

Correlation and Regression Correlation is a measure of the relatedness or the association of two or more variables. These variables are already existing data which a researcher can study to determine whether or not there is a relationship between the variables. Correlation uses a variable in order to forecast something from the other variables (Lanthier,…