RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
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A researcher finds that as her subjects increased the number ofhours they spent exercising, the overall weight of her subjects decreased.This would be an example of a ____ correlation.
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positve
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negative
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zero
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causal
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A researcher finds that that as her subjects increase the number of hours they spent exercising, the overall weight of her subjects decreased. This would be an example of a correlation. Negative.
Detailed explanation-2: -Double Blind Design: In a double blind design, both the participants and the experimenters are kept in the dark about the condition assignment. That is, participants do not know whether they are in a treatment condition or a control condition, and experimenters do not know which participants are in each condition.
Detailed explanation-3: -A basic example of positive correlation is height and weight-taller people tend to be heavier, and vice versa.
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