RESEARCH STUDY: Dr. Ickes is interested in studying the pote…

RESEARCH STUDY: Dr. Ickes is interested in studying the potential causal relationship between doing homework and academic achievement. In January, Dr. Ickes has her students report their Fall GPA (a measure of academic achievement) and estimate how many hours they spent doing homework during a typical week in the Fall semester. In April, Dr. Ickes measures the same variables again (the estimated number of hours spent doing homework during a typical week in the Spring semester and their Spring GPA). She finds the following correlations. In considering the three criteria for causation, which of the following questions will Dr. Ickes’ study NOT be able to address?

RESEARCH STUDY: Dr. Guidry conducts a study examining the re…

RESEARCH STUDY: Dr. Guidry conducts a study examining the relationship between the number of friends one has and the experience of daily stress and life satisfaction. She randomly samples 1,500 elderly men and women in Nashville, Tennessee. Below are her findings: Life satisfaction and experience of daily stress: r = –.57, 95% CI Number of friends one has and experience of daily stress: r = .09, 95% CI Number of friends one has and life satisfaction: r = .36, 95% CI Dr. Guidry finds that the relationship between the number of friends one has and life satisfaction is stronger for men than for women. In this study, gender (male or female in this study) is considered a(n)