Self-Study: Correlation  Throughout the course, there will be a self-study Discussion pertaining to an important concept or topic covered within

Self-Study: Correlation 

Throughout the course, there will be a self-study Discussion pertaining to an important concept or topic covered within the assigned week. These Discussions are designed to give you the opportunity to collaborate with your peers and faculty, test your knowledge, ask questions, practice research analysis, and assist your peers.  
 
You are not required to post to this forum; however, you are encouraged to post, review the posts of others, as well as answer questions and/or provide clarity and collaboration with your peers. Discussions will be graded as either Complete or Incomplete. 

Resources

To prepare:

· Read and view the Learning Resources.

Use this Discussion to collaborate with your peers and faculty as an open office hours/ Q&A forum. 

Post answers to the following:

· What is the relationship between correlation and causality? 

· What is the role of previous research and theory with regard to causality? 

· How does a scatterplot help to visualize a correlation? 

· Identify and interpret the correlation used in Turgut and Yıldız (2023) and in Hazel (2023). 

· Laerd Statistics

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Pearson Correlation in SPSSLinks to an external site.

· Salkind, N., & Frey, B. (2019). Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics (7th ed.). SAGE Publications.

· Chapter 6, “Computing Correlation Coefficients: Ice Cream and Crime” (pp. 119–144)

· Chapter 16, “Testing Relationships Using the Correlation Coefficient: Cousins or Just Good Friends” (pp. 303–312)

· Vigen, T. (n.d.). 

Spurious correlationLinks to an external site.
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Document: 
Correlation, Scatterplot Exercise (Excel) 
Download Correlation, Scatterplot Exercise (Excel) 

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Document: 
Correlation Matrix, Data Output (Word document) 


Required Resources for Topic: Correlation

· Turgut, M., & Yıldız, H. (2023). 
Investigation of grief and posttraumatic growth related to patient loss in pediatric intensive care nurses: A cross-sectional studyLinks to an external site.
BMC Palliative Care, 22(1), 195.

· Document: Hazel, T. (2023, November). 

Executive summary: Quality improvement initiative pediatric vaccine appointment compliance after text messaging reminders: A retrospective program evaluation of a local quality improvement initiative

 Download Executive summary: Quality improvement initiative pediatric vaccine appointment compliance after text messaging reminders: A retrospective program evaluation of a local quality improvement initiative. Walden University.

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