You are a researcher interested in the correlational relationship between the number of hours spent on social media platforms and children’s social skills (e.g., emotional regulation, conflict resolution skills, cooperation skills, social perspective taking). Do you predict a positive or negative correlation between the two variables? Explain the directional relationship between the two variables in terms of whether you predicted a positive or negative relationship between variables. What do you think the correlation coefficient would be between the two variables and why?
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