Holiday Homework Correlations Correlational research allows researchers to

Holiday Homework

Correlations • Correlational research allows researchers to see if there is a relationship between two variables, rather than a difference between conditions as in an experiment • Click on the link below and follow the five instructions. Fill in your research methods packs accordingly • http: //www. psych 205. com/studies-using-thecorrelational-analysis. html

Content Analysis • This is a technique to turn qualitative data into quantitative data, revealing patterns or themes which can then be compared with other participants • Such qualitative data includes scripts of interviews, content of media (sexism in TV for example), analysis of CCTV footage etc. • Go to the link below and follow the instructions • http: //www. psych 205. com/content-analysis. html

Graphical representation of data • There a number of ways to represent quantitative data visually 1) when data is in categories, researchers will often use a bar chart 2) when data is continuous, a histogram is used 3) if two sets of continuous data are to be plotted, a frequency polygon is used 4) for correlational analysis, a scattergram is used • Click on the link below, go to the very bottom of the page to download and complete the materials http: //www. psych 205. com/presentation-and-interpretation-ofquantitative-data-graphs-and-tables. html