Correlational Analysis
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- Created on: 18-04-14 14:05
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- Correlational Analysis
- Nature and Use
- Technique used for analysing data, which measures the strength of relationships between variables.
- The analysis will show the relationship is positive, negative or whether there is none at all.
- Positives
- provides a precise, qualitative measure of the strength of relationships between variables
- can be used to look at the relationships between many different variables at the same time
- can be used to investigate issues where it is not possible to manipulate the variables
- negatives
- cannot establish cause and effect
- cannot measure non-linear relationships
- ethical issues
- consent and right to withdraw
- use of findings and ownership of data
- Nature and Use
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