Dr. Manchen wants to study the relationship between personality and the amount of leisure-time physical activity (PA). Based on previous research, the most promising personality characteristic, according to the "Big 5" model of personality, seems to be the introversion/extraversion scale. Previous research has found that the higher score on this scale (indicating more extraversion), the more PA an individual engages in. Dr. Manchen wants to see if she can replicate these findings herself in an older adult sample. Her findings are graphed below. What kind of correlation (if any) do you see depicted in this graph? From these data, can we definitively determine the nature of the causal relationship between personality and amount of exercise?
Dr. Manchen wants to study the relationship between personality and the amount of leisure-time physical activity (PA). Based on previous research, the most promising personality characteristic, according to the "Big 5" model of personality, seems to be the introversion/extraversion scale. Previous research has found that the higher score on this scale (indicating more extraversion), the more PA an individual engages in. Dr. Manchen wants to see if she can replicate these findings herself in an older adult sample. Her findings are graphed below.
What kind of correlation (if any) do you see depicted in this graph?
From these data, can we definitively determine the nature of the causal relationship between personality and amount of exercise?
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