government action plan or strategy" (Romaniuk, Fink, 2012, p. 13).
A correlational design would make use of descriptive statistical analysis and involve measuring 2 variables, the central tendency of both plus their variability and relationship. A Pearson r test would be performed to assess the strength and direction of the relationship. The study could look something like: What is the effect of a counter-terrorism policy on the strength of Boko-Haram? The IV (counter-terrorism policy) and the DV (Boko-Haram's strength) would both have to be measured.
In such a design, the sample or subjects studied in this case would have to be… Continue Reading...
during experimental research studies. At times researchers mistake experimental methods with statistical techniques (Bleske-Rechek, Morrison & Heidtke, 2015). Using correlational design adds to the existing problem. Whenever students are trained on using correlational design for the description of non-experimental data collection methods and warned against the challenges relating to inferring causality from the data, the mistake students make is confusing the technique of correlational statistics with the method of correlational data (Coogan, 2015). Using correlational technique for design description will make the entire research to become non-experimental when it is supposed to be observational.
Correlation can be understood as association. More accurately it can be understood as a measure… Continue Reading...
specific, the study takes the relational design (one of the two forms of correlational design) as it seeks to explore how student achievement is impacted upon by class/socioeconomic status, the attention of a parent, the working patterns of the mother, and familial structure. When it comes to data collection and statistical analysis, the study made use of survey and ANOVA respectively. This study found family affluence and parental education to be of significance when it came to the academic achievement of students. These factors, in the words of the author, "were key to students' postsecondary attainment, even when aspects of the home environment… Continue Reading...
