{"id":29087,"date":"2024-07-02T03:29:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T03:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/fpsy-8116-understnding-foren-psych-linear-and-nonlinear-relationships-between-variables\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T03:29:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T03:29:48","slug":"fpsy-8116-understnding-foren-psych-linear-and-nonlinear-relationships-between-variables","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/fpsy-8116-understnding-foren-psych-linear-and-nonlinear-relationships-between-variables\/","title":{"rendered":"FPSY 8116 Understnding Foren Psych &#8211; Linear and Nonlinear Relationships between variables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How two things are related or the degree to which they are related is often a question in any area of research, including forensic psychology research. A researcher might ask these questions:&nbsp;To what degree are drug use and criminal recidivism related? Are mental illness and violence related? To what degree is an increase in police patrols related to a decrease in crime rates?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Each of these forensic psychology research questions can be addressed using a correlational design. Correlational designs help determine if there is a relationship between variables. The relationship may be positive, meaning there is a positive linear relationship between the two variables; the relationship may be negative, which means there is a weak or nonexistent linear relationship between the two variables; or, the relationship may be curvilinear, which means that at times there appears to be a relationship and at times there does not.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">To prepare for this Discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Review Chapter 9 in your course text,&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences<\/i>. Pay attention to the descriptions and examples of linear and nonlinear relationships, positive and negative linear relationships, and curvilinear relationships.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Consider how these relationships are determined and what impact each type of relationship may have on a researcher\u2019s ability to make predictions.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Using the Walden Library, select and review two or three articles on criminal recidivism, violent crime, or domestic violence in which the variables have positive and negative linear relationships.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Consider the implications if the variables had a curvilinear relationship instead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">With these thoughts in mind:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Post by Day 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1. Heading: A description of two variables that have a positive linear relationship&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2. Heading: Two variables that have a negative linear relationship in the research articles you reviewed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3. Heading: explain the implications on the studies if each of those variables had a curvilinear relationship instead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How two things are related or the degree to which they are related is often a question in any area of research, including forensic psychology research. A researcher might ask these questions:&nbsp;To what degree are drug use and criminal recidivism related? Are mental illness and violence related? 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