Diet and Inflammation
An epidemiologist wants to investigate whether there is a relationship between the average weekly consumption of fermented foods (measured in grams) and the concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP, measured in mg/L), a marker of systemic inflammation in the blood. To do this, they plan to use the correlation technique.
Describe one weakness of using the correlation technique in this study.
644 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Research methods and techniques. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.