Question

Suppose a researcher found a strong positive correlation between the number of tweets people send each day and their reported happiness. Which of the following is the best conclusion he or she can draw from this finding?
A. Sending tweets makes people happy
B. Feeling happy makes people want to tweet more
C. Happy people are more likely to send a lot of tweets than sad people
D. There is a third variable that makes people happy and send a lot of tweets

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Happy people are more likely to send a lot of tweets than sad people

Explanation:

• If the researcher wants to find out the relationships between the tweets and the happiness of the people and he comes to a conclusion that a positive correlation exists as the number of the people that are happier are more likely to send more tweets than those of the sad people and thus concluded that a strong correlation exists when people give more tweets are considered or reported to be happy.