{"id":443,"date":"2018-11-05T21:53:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/irmp102\/?page_id=443"},"modified":"2018-11-05T21:53:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:53:24","slug":"practice-assignment-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/irmp102\/learning-pathways\/assessments\/practice-assignment-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice Assignment 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Practice Assignment 2: Correlational Research<\/span><\/h2>\n

Introduction<\/span><\/h4>\n

Practice Assignment 2 supports your initial assignment by developing analytical skills and a greater familiarity with nonexperimental research designs.\n<\/p>\n

Instructions<\/span><\/h4>\n

Visit the \u201cIn the News\u201d page<\/a> of the website of the Association for Psychological Science and identify two<\/u><\/b> reports published during the last three months that describe a correlational result (be sure not to select reports of experimental studies). In each case<\/u><\/b>, click on the link to the full news story (this will take you to a different website) and carefully read the story before answering the following five questions:\n<\/p>\n

1. Clearly describe one correlational result reported in the news study. Your description should include the variables involved as well as the direction of the correlation.\n<\/p>\n

2. Draw and clearly label a scatterplot that illustrates this correlation using 10 data points. You may wish to use the Interpreting Correlations interactive visualization<\/a><\/span> to guide your drawing.\n<\/p>\n

3. Did the researcher(s) consider whether a third variable might have influenced this correlation? If so, which variable did they measure?\n<\/p>\n

4. How do the researchers interpret this correlation? Do they explain the correlation in a particular causal direction? Can you suggest an alternative interpretation of this correlation?\n<\/p>\n

5. Consider how you might be able to address the same question using a different non-experimental research design. Your proposed study should use the same variables but should operationalize them differently. Briefly outline your proposed study.\n<\/p>\n

Remember to answer all these questions also for the second study report that you have chosen.\n<\/p>\n

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