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newyorker26

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A researcher studies a group of elderly people and finds that, as a group, the better their memory performance, the lower their anxiety level. What can be said about this research?
 
  a. It was a correlational study.
 b. The results show that memory loss causes anxiety.
  c. It was an experiment.
 d. The results show a perfect positive correlation.

Question 2

Which statement is accurate about correlational studies?
 
  a. They are very limited in the number of variables that can be evaluated at one time.
 b. They allow us to evaluate variables that would be unethical to manipulate in other types of research.
  c. They give us clear information about the direction of causality.
 d. They can tell us about cause and effect.



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braelync

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

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newyorker26

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Wow, this really help


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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