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The correlational method can be very useful, but it must be used with caution. If knowledge of one variable (age) helps predict another (buying), does that mean that one causes the other? Not necessarily. It is possible that the first variable caused the second, or that the second variable caused the first, or that some other variable caused both variables. Without further research we cannot know which possibility is true. For example, a researcher might find a negative correlation in schools between the number of teachers monitoring hallway behavior and the number of acts of aggression in the hallway. It is possible that more teachers in the hallway caused lower aggression, but it is also possible that there were fewer teachers in the hallway in the face of aggression because they had left to avoid it. Knowing that there is a correlation between two events does not tell us which, if either, is the cause. In fact, it is quite common to have a third variable cause a correlation between two other variables. For example, sunburn and outdoor temperature are correlated. Does this mean that hot weather causes sunburn or that sunburn causes hot weather? Of course not. The summer sun causes both sunburn and hot weather. Cum hoc propter hoc—correlation does not imply causation.
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Feenstra, J. (2020). Social psychology (2nd ed.). Zovio.
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“The correlational method can be very useful, but it must be used with caution.” If knowledge of one variable (height) helps predict another (weight), does that mean that one causes the other? Not necessarily. It is possible that the primary variable caused the secondary, or that the secondary variable caused the primary, or that some additional variable caused both variables. We cannot understand what chance is true without further studies. For example, ice cream consumption and violent crime are correlated. Does this mean eating ice cream causes violent crime? Or, does a spike in violent crime cause consumption of ice cream? Probably neither… rather, a common factor (e.g., heat) may be to blame for both. “Cum hoc propter hoc—correlation does not imply causation.”
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Correlation research is a type of non-experimental research method in which a researcher measures two variables and understands and evaluates the statistical relationship between them without being influenced by external variables. Our minds can do some great things. For example, you can recall the ringing of a pizza truck. The bigger the jingle, the closer the pizza truck is to us. Who taught us this? Nobody! We relied on our understanding and came to a conclusion. We don`t stop there, do we? If there are multiple pizza trucks in the area and each one has a different jingle, we would memorize it all and relate the jingle to its pizza truck.

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In a 1895 work called Seoyu Kyeonmun (‘Things seen and heard in travels to the West’) by Yu Kilchun (1856-1914), an early reformist, he explains the definitions of ‘nation’ and ‘patriotism’ to the Korean people to whom these ideas were still alien. Nationalist thought was introduced to the Koreans before Japanese colonisation, and Yu Kilchun had warned that insufficient nationalism could lead to Korea becoming a ‘slave’ among nations. The Japanese colonisation of Korea was a psychological shock for many Koreans, provoking mixed feelings of shame and wrath, as Japan had always been regarded as an inferior country to them. For many leading intellectuals of the following generation, who had grown up under Japanese rule, believed strongly in Yu Kilchun’s writing and that nationalism should be promoted in order to regain political independence. Eckert suggests that prewar Japan’s ‘ultra-nationalism’ was transmitted directly to Koreans through the colonial education system, and resulted in a much more militant and xenophobic Korean nationalism. (Eckert, p368)

However, Robinson disputes the idea that Japanese colonialism paved the way for Korean nationalism, calling it as ‘simplistic Korea-Japan binary” which overlays various narratives, and denotes that anybody who was successful during the occupation was a ‘collaborator’ and so were ‘non-Korean’. Robinson writes, ‘These politicized narratives obscure a rich and pluralistic discourse on representation of the political community during the colonial period.’ (Robinson, p13) Korean nationalists were divided, and some groups wanted to be closely associated to the West and followed western ideas, whereas some wanted to return to Confucian values. These nationalist divisions are still present in Korea today.

The Japanese government responded to some criticism over how harsh its rule was by easing some policies in the 1920s, by allowing some books and magazines to be published in the Korean language, and investing in government buildings and education. The Japanese claimed that this was to provide opportunities f

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