Which Question Is Best Addressed with the Correlational Strategy

question 61

Multiple Choice

Which question is best addressed with the correlational strategy?

• A) What is the average number of hours of sleep that a typical college student gets each night?
• B) Is there a relationship between the amount of sleep that college students get each night and the GPA of those college students?
• C) Does increasing the hours of sleep college students get each night cause an increase in GPA?
• D) What career choices are most popular among students with high GPAs?

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Definitions:

Positive Deviance

An approach focusing on individuals or groups within a community whose uncommon but successful behaviors or strategies enable them to find better solutions to a problem than peers who face the same challenges and barriers.

Secondary Deviance

The process by which a person begins to accept a deviant identity and continues deviant behavior after being labeled as deviant by society.

Criminal Record

A documented history of a person's criminal convictions, which can affect future employment, travel, and citizenship opportunities.

Erving Goffman

A sociologist known for his work on symbolic interactionism and the study of social interactions, especially in the context of everyday life.