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what’s the difference between the correlation and experimental methods in psychology?

7 Sep, 2010  Experimental Psychology

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1. tobyman said,

   Wrote on September 7, 2010 @ 4:37 am

   Correlation is how much one variable is an effector on another variable. Take the correlation number’s absolute value, the closer it is to 1 the stronger the correlation (the more one variable is affecting another), the closer it is to 0 the weaker the correlation (0 means there is no correlation between the two variables). Positive correlation means a change in one variable has a similar affect on the other variable (an increase in calories causes an increase in weight gain). Negative correlation means a change in one variable has an opposing affect on the other variable (an increase in exercise causes a decrease in weight).

   Experimental methods can be naturalistic or structured. They are as they sound- naturalistic methods are experiments done in the natural setting of the person, be it home, school, etc- structured are set up in order to create a certain situation and a certain outcome.

   Hope this helps.

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