Psychology SL
Psychology SL
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Unit 1 - Research Methodology
Unit 1 - Research Methodology
Unit 2 - Biological Approach To Behaviour
Unit 2 - Biological Approach To Behaviour
Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour
Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour
Unit 4 - Sociocultural Approach To Behaviour
Unit 4 - Sociocultural Approach To Behaviour
Unit 6 - Health psychology
Unit 6 - Health psychology
Unit 7 - Pyschology Of Human Relationships
Unit 7 - Pyschology Of Human Relationships
Unit 8 - Developmental psychology
Unit 8 - Developmental psychology
Unit 9 - Internal Assessment
Unit 9 - Internal Assessment
Unit 10 - The IB Curriculum - A Conceptual Model
Unit 10 - The IB Curriculum - A Conceptual Model
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Unit 1 - Research Methodology
Psychology SL
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Unit 1 - Research Methodology

Unlocking The Secrets Of Correlational Studies

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What are correlational studies?

Correlational studies are like friendly spies that don't interfere but just observe. Instead of manipulating variables like in experiments, researchers in correlational studies just measure variables to see if they're related somehow. It's like checking if students who eat breakfast tend to score better on tests or if people who love cats are more likely to watch cat videos online. But remember, it doesn't mean eating breakfast causes higher scores or liking cats causes an addiction to cat videos. Correlation does not equal causation!

How are correlational studies conducted?

Imagine you're studying whether anxiety and aggressiveness are connected among students. You'd start by picking a group of students (your "sample") and measure their anxiety levels with a questionnaire and their aggressiveness by watching them during breaks. Each student would end up with two scores: one for anxiety and one for aggressiveness.

 

Think of these scores as coordinates on a treasure map, but in this case, the treasure is the data on our scatter plot. A scatter plot is a graph with dots that represent each student's anxiety and aggressiveness scores, like the coordinates on our treasure map. The whole graph might look like a cloud of dots, each dot representing a student.

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Unit 1 - Research Methodology
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Unit 1 - Research Methodology

Unlocking The Secrets Of Correlational Studies

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520 words
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3 mins read
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Last edited on 16th Oct 2024

Table of content

What are correlational studies?

Correlational studies are like friendly spies that don't interfere but just observe. Instead of manipulating variables like in experiments, researchers in correlational studies just measure variables to see if they're related somehow. It's like checking if students who eat breakfast tend to score better on tests or if people who love cats are more likely to watch cat videos online. But remember, it doesn't mean eating breakfast causes higher scores or liking cats causes an addiction to cat videos. Correlation does not equal causation!

How are correlational studies conducted?

Imagine you're studying whether anxiety and aggressiveness are connected among students. You'd start by picking a group of students (your "sample") and measure their anxiety levels with a questionnaire and their aggressiveness by watching them during breaks. Each student would end up with two scores: one for anxiety and one for aggressiveness.

 

Think of these scores as coordinates on a treasure map, but in this case, the treasure is the data on our scatter plot. A scatter plot is a graph with dots that represent each student's anxiety and aggressiveness scores, like the coordinates on our treasure map. The whole graph might look like a cloud of dots, each dot representing a student.

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