Correlation Method (Abdelrahman Ossama)

Strengths

Determines relation between variables

Provide relation without manipulating variables

Help plan + take decision

Forcasting tool

Limitations

Can't prove causation

Systematic

Description

Non-Experimental

Descriptive Method

Mathematical Technique

Summarizes Data

Statistical Tool

Determine degree, direction, relationship between variables

Examples

Biology

Does the number of predators control the number of prey or is it the other way around? Or both?

Geology

Do the fossils of ancient creatures provide evidence that the length of one day was shorter in the past?

Psychology

What types of background risk factors are related to substance abuse?

Sociology

Parents/Violent Behavior?