AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -This is false. Correlational research can never prove a cause and effect relationship, it can only speak to relationships between variables.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correlation coefficient should not be used to say anything about cause and effect relationship. By examining the value of ‘r’, we may conclude that two variables are related, but that ‘r’ value does not tell us if one variable was the cause of the change in the other.

Detailed explanation-3: -A correlational research design investigates relationships between two variables (or more) without the researcher controlling or manipulating any of them. It’s a non-experimental type of quantitative research.

Detailed explanation-4: -You’ll need to use an appropriate research design to distinguish between correlational and causal relationships: Correlational research designs can only demonstrate correlational links between variables. Experimental designs can test causation.

Detailed explanation-5: -All of the following statements are true about correlational research, EXCEPT: Correlational research is not able to show negative relationships, or relationships that change in different directions.