How to Perform a Correlation Study

A cor­re­la­tion study aims to mea­sure the strength and direc­tion of the lin­ear rela­tion­ship between two vari­ables. It’s often used in explorato­ry research to find poten­tial rela­tion­ships between vari­ables. Learn the dif­fer­ence between cor­re­la­tion and cau­sa­tion, how to use Pearson’s r to deter­mine the cor­re­la­tion coef­fi­cient, and the steps to con­duct­ing this study.