ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of correlational research. It first describes the most basic form of correlational research, simple correlation analysis, and notes some assumptions underlying correlational research methods, some factors that can have unwanted effects on correlation coefficients, and factors to consider when studying multifaceted constructs. The chapter next briefly outlines the use of partial correlation analysis. The following section on multiple regression analysis (MRA) describes simultaneous and sequential MRA, the types of information provided by MRA, the problem of multicollinearity, and MRA as an alternative to analysis of variance (ANOVA). The chapter concludes with brief discussions of two other forms of correlational analysis, logistic regression analysis and multiway frequency analysis.
