I got an answer wrong today in a psychology class and would like some unbiased feedback?

here was the question and my answer below. what is wrong?



Write a definition of Correlation in your own words and then give an example of it. Make your examples very specific and connect them back to your definition. Include whether the correlation in your example is positive or negative and why.



鈥orrelation is the equal or corresponding relationship between two or more things. a measure of the association between two variables.

鈥'm a huge NFL football fan and ex little league coach so it helps me understand many things better if I use football as an analogy. So if turnover ratio is a big determining factor on winning or not winning games this would be a direct correlation on wins if say your team has the highest turnover ratio in the league than turnovers can indirectly correlate to losses due to the amount of times your teams offense has turned the ball over to the opponent.I got an answer wrong today in a psychology class and would like some unbiased feedback?
Your answer is wrong because your example has no variable or condition to have some relationship to them - hence Correlation. - (your example is your own premise of logic)



There are 2 correlation - positive and negative:



Positive:



I studied hard, that's why I got a good grade in my exam.



Negative:



I didn't study, that's why I failed.



The Variable and the correlation is studying, the outcome of studying is the result.



If you are not sure about things, asked your professor or get a tutor. In the long run you will not be wasting your time and failing your classes. When things got to complicated for me in college - getting tutoring was the answer.
Consult and take advice from your psychology teacher.I got an answer wrong today in a psychology class and would like some unbiased feedback?
First of all, you didn't follow the question's instructions very well.



You have to be very clear and specific when answering this sort of question. You ought to have had a much longer answer than this- you didn't explain whether the correlation was negative or positive and why.



Here's a website that might explain some things a little better for you, if you don't fully understand correlation yet.



http://www.nvcc.edu/home/elanthier/metho鈥?/a>
The example is unclear and doesn't show what a correlation is. It also does not explain positive and negative correlations.I got an answer wrong today in a psychology class and would like some unbiased feedback?
You did not include what kind of correlation it was. It should be a negative one. Teams who turn over the ball lose more. Teams who win more turn over the ball less.