A Massachusetts study of teens found that there is a moderately strong association between the number of hours of physical activity and scores on English and Language Arts state tests.
a. Explain in this context what “moderately strong association” means.
b. Hoping to improve student performance, the school board passed a resolution urging parents to increase the number of hours that students are physically active. Do you agree or disagree with the school board’s reasoning? Explain. Make sure to comment on at least one other variable that might be influencing this association
a) Moderately strong association means the value of correlation coefficient is positive but it is less than or equal to 0.5.
b) Before going to any concluding remark we should test significance of correlation coefficient even though there is positive correlation. We can consider the other variables as number of study hours, students IQ level, etc.
A Massachusetts study of teens found that there is a moderately strong association between the number...
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14. Select the number of participants in the Beck & Watson
study
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8
13
22
35
15. Beck & Watson determined their final sample size via
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coding
saturation
triangulation
ethnography
16.Through their study, Beck & Watson determined
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after a traumatic birth, subsequent births have no troubling
effects
after a traumatic birth, subsequent births brought fear, terror,
anxiety, and dread
Subsequent Childbirth After a Previous Traumatic Birth Beck, Cheryl...