The primary goal of using correlational research is to
a. determine the causal relationship between an independent and dependent variable.
b. describe the population's average score on a particular measure.
c. manipulate one variable but hold the other constant.
d. determine the nature and strength of the association between two measured variables.
d
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A. most adolescents have a good sense of identity, but that their relationships with family tend to be poor B. adolescence is the worst time in life, and this program describes it well C. it does not portray the majority of teenagers D. it does portray the majority of teenagers
A(n) ______ is used with continuous variables and a(n) ______ is used with categorical variables.
A. parametric test; Cohen's d B. parametric test; nonparametric test C. chi-square test, nonparametric test D. nonparametric test, parametric test
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Using a correlational design, a researcher found a relationship between the healthiness of one's heart and the amount of fish oil in one's diet. The researcher should conclude that
a. a healthier heart causes one to consume more fish oil. b. the amount of fish oil in one's diet causes a healthier heart. c. although a relationship exists, one cannot infer that changes in one variable are causing changes in the other variable. d. the availability of fish causes changes in both the healthiness of one's heart and the amount of fish oil consumed.