Which Is NOT True of Cacioppo and Colleagues' (2013)study of Online

question 32

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT true of Cacioppo and colleagues' (2013) study of online dating?

• A) Approximately one third of participants indicated that they had met their spouse online.
• B) Participants who met online reported feeling slightly more satisfied with their marriages and were slightly more likely to still be married than participants who met through traditional venues like work or school.
• C) Their findings show that relationships that begin online are shorter and end quickly because people often feel less comfortable expressing their true selves to others online.
• D) Their findings revealed that people who meet online end up in more satisfying marriages because they have access to a larger "pool" of potential dates to choose from, resulting in more compatible matches.

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Definitions:

Continuous Variables

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Product-moment

A statistical measure of the linear correlation between two variables, often expressed as Pearson's correlation coefficient.

Scatterplot

A type of graph used in statistics to display values for two variables for a set of data, showing the relationship between them.

R(xy)

A statistical measure representing the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables.