Correlational DesignGroup 1

TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED Short description Different types Key characteristics Steps in using Correlation

Method Example of a Correlational

Research

SHORT DESCRIPTION Also known as associational research.

A type of research design which examines the relationship of two or more variables without any attempt to influence them.

Considered as a type of observational research wherein nothing is manipulated by individual conducting the research.

DIFFERENT TYPES

Explanatory Design Research looks for simple

associations between variables and investigates the extent to which the variables are related.

DIFFERENT TYPES

DIFFERENT TYPES

Prediction Design Research designed to

identify variables that will positively predict outcomes.

DIFFERENT TYPES

KEY CHARACTERISTICS

STEPS IN USING CORRELATION METHOD

EXAMPLE I The early research on cigarette smoking

examine the relationship of cigarette smoking and a variety of lung diseases. These two variable, smoking and lung disease were found to co-vary together.

The early studies on cigarette smoking did not manipulate how many cigarettes were smoked. The researcher only collected the data on the two variables. Nothing was controlled by the researchers.

EXAMPLE IIHarlow, R. E., & Cantor, N. (1996). Still participating after all these years: A study of life task participation in later life. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 71 1235-1249.

Summary

This study investigated the relationship between variables such as social life and organizational affiliation to life satisfaction in 618 older Americans. They found that social life was critically important in predicting life satisfaction, especially in those older Americans who were not working.

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