What Can You Conclude from Knowing That a Correlation Exists

question 110

Multiple Choice

What can you conclude from knowing that a correlation exists between poor nutrition and lower grades in school children?

• A)Hunger makes it difficult for children to concentrate in school.
• B)Improving children's nutrition will improve their achievement in school.
• C)As children's nourishment declines,so too do their grades.
• D)Children with high grades are not under-nourished.

Identify pioneering women in psychology and their contributions to the field.

Understand the method of introspection and its role and limitations in early psychological research.

Understand how to compute percent frequency for data classes.

Identify the most common graphical presentations of quantitative data.

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Definitions:

Variable on the Horizontal Axis

Refers to the independent variable in a graph that is plotted along the horizontal or x-axis and determines the values of other variables.

Slope

A measure of the steepness or incline of a line, indicating the rate at which values change along the line.

Positive Slope

A line or curve on a graph that moves upward from left to right, indicating a positive relationship between two variables.

Increasing

A process or trend characterized by a growth or rise in quantity, size, or significance.