Correlations

• A research method that investigates a possible relationship between two co-variables, for example the age of adoption and IQ in Romanian Orphan studies.
• Data that is collected from correlations is displayed on a scattergram
• when analysing the data the researcher works out the correlation co-efficient
• Negative numbers represent a negative correlation which means as one variable increases the other decreases.
• Positive numbers represent a positive correlation which means both variables increases and decreases together