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Title: Learning to Give Reverse Causality Explanations for Correlations: Still Hard after All These Tries
Language: English
Authors: Sibulkin, Amy E., Butler, J. S.
Source: Teaching of Psychology. Jul 2019 46(3):223-229.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 2019
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Correlation, Causal Models, Research Methodology, Social Psychology, Test Items, Critical Thinking, Black Colleges, Performance Based Assessment, Grade Point Average, Accuracy, Familiarity, Undergraduate Students, State Universities, Academic Ability, Difficulty Level
Geographic Terms: Tennessee
DOI: 10.1177/0098628319853936
ISSN: 0098-6283
Abstract: After explicit instruction on how to give possible bidirectional (two-way) causality explanations for a correlation, 240 students from eight sections of social psychology and research methods courses wrote "reverse causality" explanations on various test questions, creating a total of 882 answers. Averaging across multiple graded attempts over four semesters, only 45% of the explanations were correct. The highest average for a single question was 67% correct. A regression predicting correct answers showed that students with higher grade point averages (GPAs) were more likely to answer correctly. Controlling for GPA and topic of the correlation, later attempts were significantly more likely to be answered correctly than earlier attempts.
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