A Defining Characteristic of the Correlational Study Is

question 36

Multiple Choice

A defining characteristic of the correlational study is

• A)the research is conducted in field settings rather than in a laboratory.
• B)the intent is simply to describe behaviors.
• C)the intent is to demonstrate the relationship between variables.
• D)the other three options are all defining characteristics of the correlational study.

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Definitions:

Z-Score

Scores for the standard normal distribution measured in standard deviation units.

Standard Normal Distribution

The standard normal distribution is a special case of the normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, used in z-tests.

Mean

To determine the arithmetic average, one sums up every number in the collection and divides by the number of elements in the collection.

Standard Deviation

An indicator that measures how much a set of data points spread out or diverge.