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What’s the effect? A researcher studying violent behavior
Chapter 8, Problem 30E(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 30E
What’s the effect? A researcher studying violent behavior in elementary school children asks the children’s parents how much time each child spends playing computer games and has their teachers rate each child on the level of aggressiveness they display while playing with other children. Suppose that the researcher finds a moderately strong positive correlation. Describe three different possible cause-and-effect explanations for this relationship.
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Problem 30E
What’s the effect? A researcher studying violent behavior in elementary school children asks the children’s parents how much time each child spends playing computer games and has their teachers rate each child on the level of aggressiveness they display while playing with other children. Suppose that the researcher finds a moderately strong positive correlation. Describe three different possible cause-and-effect explanations for this relationship.
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The researchers found a moderately strong positive correlation between the time each child spends on computer games and the aggressiveness score.