AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The correlation coefficient shows the correlation between two variables (A correlation coefficient is a statistical measure that calculates the strength of the relationship between two variables), a value measured between-1 and +1.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is correlational research? 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-3: -Correlational research involves measuring two variables and assessing the relationship between them, with no manipulation of an independent variable. Correlation does not imply causation. A statistical relationship between two variables, X and Y, does not necessarily mean that X causes Y.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correlational method involves looking for relationships between variables. For example, a researcher might be interested in knowing if users’ privacy settings in a social networking application are related to their personality, IQ, level of education, employment status, age, gender, income, and so on.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are three basic types of correlational studies that are used in eHealth evaluation: cohort, cross-sectional, and case-control studies (Vandenbroucke et al., 2014).