Quantitative Research (part 3)
Correlational Research
>Study on the relationship between two variables; whether they are related or not.
The Purposes
>to help explain important human behaviours
>explanatory studies
>to predict likely outcome
>prediction studies
Basic Steps in Correlational Research
>problem selection
>sample selection
>instruments
>design and procedures
>data collection
>data analysis and interpretation
Threats to Internal Validity in Correlational Research
>Subject characteristics
>Location
>Instrumentation
>Instrument Decay
>Data Collector Characteristics
>Data Collector Bias
>Testing
>Mortality
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