1. How do you know when to use a correlation? What types of variables are appropriate for its use? Use variables commonly utilized in criminal justice research to support your answer.

2. What is positive correlation? Negative correlation? No correlation? Use variables commonly utilized in criminal justice research to support your answer.

3. What is the coefficient of determination? How is it calculated? What information does this give us?

4. How do you know when to use a regression? What types of variables are appropriate for its use? Use variables commonly utilized in criminal justice research to support your answer.

5. Explain the difference between bivariate and multiple regression. What is the importance of using multiple independent variables?