Question

We want to know if regular exercise is associated with mental health. To investigate if this is the case, we ask participant how often they exercise in an average week and ask them to complete a questionnaire to measure their mental health. The better participants' mental health, the higher their mental health score. To analyse the data, we use correlation analysis and find r = .225, p = .499. What can we conclude? Select one: Results suggests that as frequency of exercising increases, so do levels of mental health, but the p-value suggests the result is unlikely to be replicated in future research We found a trivial correlation between frequency of exercising and mental health but the p-value suggests the result is likely to be replicated in future research Mental health levels strongly and significantly decrease as frequency of exercise increases We found a large correlation between frequency of exercising and mental health but the p-value suggests the result is unlikely to be replicated in future research

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The correlation coefficient r = .225 suggests a positive relationship between frequency of exercising and mental health. However, the p-value of .499 indicates that this result is not statistically significant, and therefore, we cannot conclude that the correlation is a true effect. In other words, the result is likely due to chance and is not likely to be replicated in future research.

Therefore, we cannot conclude that as frequency of exercising increases, so do levels of mental health based on the given results.