Analyze Non-Experimental (Non-Causal) Correlational Designs

Instructions

Using the article by Beauvais, Steward, DeNisco, and Beauvais (2014), prepare a written analysis that addresses the following:

• Determine the general strengths and weaknesses of correlational designs. Based on your findings, identify the strengths and weaknesses of this particular study.
• Explain when a correlational design is most useful in an educational setting, and summarize whether this is an appropriate use of a correlational design in this study. Explain why, and if it is not, recommend a more accurate research design.
• Identify and explain the types of problems correlational designs could best address. Determine if this study’s problem is best addressed by a correlational design.
• Review the research question being asked in this study, and then provide a sample research question corresponding to a different hypothetical correlational design.

Support your assignment with at least this scholarly resource. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages