A Major Disadvantage of Correlational Research Is That the Correlation

question 145

True/False

A major disadvantage of correlational research is that the correlation coefficient tells you the direction of a correlation (i.e., whether X and Y are negatively or positively correlated) but not how strongly the two variables are related.

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