Question

The following list contains several variables that differentiate college students. List: physical attractiveness, intelligence, alcohol consumption, shyness, exam anxiety, hours of sleep per night, hours of television per week, alphabetical position of last name (A 5 1, B 5 2, and so on)

a) Select one variable from the list and then think of seconds variable (on the list or one of your own) that should be positively related to the one you selected. Briefly describe how you would do a correlational study to reevaluate the relationship.

b) Select one variable from the list and then think of a second variable that should be negatively related to the one you selected. Briefly describe how you would do a correlational study to reevaluate the relationship.

Answer 1

a). alcohol consumption can be positively correlated with peer pressure as more the pressure from peers to consume alcohol, more will be consumption.

b). hours of sleep per night can be negatively correlated to physical and mental exhaustion as less the no. of sleeping hours, more will be the exhaustion.