Assignment
Length: 4 to 5 pages.
You will read three news articles intended for a general audience reporting the results from correlational studies. You can find the links to these articles under your weekly resources. For each of the articles, you will answer the following questions and provide justifications for your answers:
o Provide a brief summary of the topic of the article.
o Determine which variables are the focus of the research.
o Describe how the results of the correlational analyses are presented.
o Does the author of the article present the results as causal? In other words, does the author make statements that one variable causes the other?
o Can you think of any additional variables that were not included in this study that may be important to consider? Describe the variables.
o Based on what you know about correlational research, does it make sense to make lifestyle changes based on the research presented in this article? Explain your answer.
o Use one of the news articles to locate, and then read the primary source article in the NCU library. Did the news article accurately represent the research conducted? Explain your answer.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Textbook: Statistics for the Social Sciences by R. Mark Sirkin, 3rd Edition. ISBN: 9781412985987.
Articles:
o "Don't Just Sit There: A Little Exercise Makes Up for a Full Day of Sitting" By Don Rauf.
o "Causation vs Correlation" by Rebecca Goldin.
o "Why Going to Church Can Make You Fat" By Alice Park.
o "One Can Of Soda A Day Raises Diabetes Risk, Study Suggests" By: Rachael Rettner.