psyc 422 This assignment requires you to collect data from participants, analyze the data, and draw a conclusion regarding what you found. To understand what the research is let me provide you with some background. First, this research is interested to see if there is a correlation between the amount of time people pray and how anxious they are. Actually, we want to see if there is a general correlation between prayer and anxiety. Are people who pray frequently less anxious than those who don't? We can't find cause and effect in this situation because there are way too many variables that could get in the way of isolating any one variable as the cause of another. However, we can see if there is a correlation. The research question then is simply this: "Is there a relationship between prayer and anxiety? Does prayer seem to be associated with people who show low levels of anxiety?" From this point, we would do a significant amount of research to develop a solid literature review. You will not have to do that for this assignment, we are simply going to assume that this was done and that you can move forward. The difficulty