Author Question: One thing that's true about correlational studies is that they ____. a. identify third variables ... (Read 23 times)

Engineer · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

One thing that's true about correlational studies is that they ____.

a. identify third variables that account for associations among variables
b. tell us the direction of causality between two variables
c. can indicate the degree to which two variables are related
d. are not dependent on the validity of research instruments

Question 2

The 2007 Parents Television Council Study reported that people who watch more than three hours of television a day during the family time slot were much more likely to commit violent acts than people who watched less than one hour of television a day. What can be said about this research?

a. It proves that watching television leads to violence.
b. It proves that watching a lot of violence on television leads to committing acts of violence.
c. It suggests that there is an association between watching violence on television and committing acts of violence.
d. It suggests that there is little, if any, association between watching television and committing acts of violence.