Author Question: Assume that instead of conducting experiments, Latan and Darley had used a correlational method to ... (Read 72 times)

luvbio · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Assume that instead of conducting experiments, Latan and Darley had used a correlational method to study the relationship between the number of bystanders who witness an emergency and how quickly a victim receives help.

Assume that the correlational data were compatible with results from experiments: the more bystanders, the more time it took bystanders to help. What type of correlation is this between time and number of bystanders?

a. a nonlinear correlation
b. a positive correlation
c. a negative correlation
d. a spurious correlation

Question 2

Tony has been doing research on age and aggression. He has discovered that the older a person gets, the less likely he or she is to aggress against another person. What kind of relationship best describes Tony's findings?

a. positive correlation
b. negative correlation
c. curvilinear correlation
d. no correlation