Correlations

Question 1

What is a correlation?

Answer 1

An association between 2 continuous variables

Question 2

What are the strengths of correlations?

Answer 2

Relatively quick and economical

Provide precise and quantifiable measures of how two variables are related

Less time consuming than experiments

Used as a starting point to assess patterns

Question 3

What are the weaknesses of correlations?

Answer 3

Cannot establish cause and effect

Can be misused or misinterpreted

Another untested variable may be causing the relationship we are interested in (intervening variable)