Question :   ESSAY ITEMS (Starred questions appear in the text as study questions.) 1.  : 1991648

ESSAY ITEMS

(Starred questions appear in the text as study questions.)

1.  What is the difference between a relationship study and a prediction study?  Which one is likely to be more preliminary?  Why?

2.  Using scientific arguments, explain why we should not rely on SAT scores alone in making decisions about college admissions.

3.  What distinguishes correlational studies from correlational analysis?

4. Why do correlation values of +.70 and -.70 give you the same amount of information about the association between two variables?  What information does the sign of the coefficient give you?

5.  Why is it important to recognize if your variables are related in a nonlinear way?