You conducted a study on the relationship between alcoholconsumption and depression among college students in which youdistributed a survey to 300 college seniors. Students who completedthe survey responded to a standardized questionnaire measuringdepression symptoms and to a series of questions about theirtypical alcohol consumption patterns. The results of your studyindicated that the correlation between depression and alcoholconsumption was +.34.
Explain what this correlation means in terms of direction andstrength.
One possible explanation for this relationship is thatdepression causes people to drink more. What are two other possibleexplanations for this correlation? What are they?
This study was a descriptive/correlational study. Explain to mewhy you would NOT use an experimental study to examine these twovariables.
