Rarely is role playing viewed as the effective and useful coaching tool that it is. When set up and used correctly, role playing is one of the most helpful ways to train and develop your employees.
Correlation Analysis. Correlation analysis is a method for measuring the covariance of two random variables in a matched data set. Covariance is usually expressed as the correlation coefficient of two variables X and Y. The correlation coefficient is a unitless number that varies from -1 to +1.
Purpose of Correlational Research. Unlike the other research designs we will study in this course, correlational research can have either of two purposes. One purpose for doing correlational research is to determine the degree to which a relationship exists between two or more variables. Notice that I did NOT say cause-and-effect relationship. Correlational research designs are incapable of establishing cause-and-effect.