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The uses and misuses of bivariate correlations : the case of video game violence research / Christopher J. Ferguson.

By: Material type: TextSeries: SAGE research methods. CasesPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473952294 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 794.8072 23
LOC classification:
  • GV1469.34.V56
Online resources: Bivariate correlations, or correlations between two and only two variables, are used to assess the degree of association between two variables of interest. Such correlation coefficients do not indicate causality. Indeed, in many such cases, other important variables may explain the relationship between two variables of interest. In this case study, the author offers the example that boys play more violent video games and are also more aggressive than girls. Thus, to some degree, correlations between violent video games and aggression may simply be a function of maleness rather than anything about violent video games themselves.
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Bivariate correlations, or correlations between two and only two variables, are used to assess the degree of association between two variables of interest. Such correlation coefficients do not indicate causality. Indeed, in many such cases, other important variables may explain the relationship between two variables of interest. In this case study, the author offers the example that boys play more violent video games and are also more aggressive than girls. Thus, to some degree, correlations between violent video games and aggression may simply be a function of maleness rather than anything about violent video games themselves.

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