You Read a Research Study That Claims to Have Found

question 186

Multiple Choice

You read a research study that claims to have found a correlation of r = -.43 between smoking and vegetable consumption.This means that

• A)the less you smoke,the fewer vegetables you eat.
• B)the more you smoke,the fewer vegetables you eat.
• C)the more you smoke,the more vegetables you eat.
• D)smoking and vegetable consumption are unrelated.

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Definitions:

Informed Consent Document

A written document that explains the details of a study to participants, including its purpose, duration, required procedures, and risks, ensuring participants' understanding and voluntary participation.

Confidentiality

The ethical and often legal duty to keep information shared within a professional relationship private and protected from unauthorized disclosure.

Secondary Sources

Information that interprets or analyzes primary sources, often used in research to provide context or additional perspectives.

Primary Sources

Original materials or evidence directly related to a topic, used in research to provide firsthand accounts that haven't been interpreted or edited by others.