STRENGTHS

• STRENGTHS OF CORRELATIONS?

  • ethical
  • allow statistical analysis
• WHY ARE CORRELATIONS ETHICAL?

  allow researcher to investigate naturally occurring variables that would otherwise be unethical or impractical to test experimentally
• WHAT DOES THE ABILITY TO ALLOW STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF CORRELATIONS ALLOW?

  researcher to clearly and easily see if there is a relationship between variables
• HOW CAN CORRELATIONS BE DISPLAYED?

  graphical form
• WHAT DOES THE DISPLAY OF CORRELATIONS MEAN?

  statistical analysis can be easily carried out