POLS625

Assignment 18

Correlation

 

Analyze the relationship between x and y.

1.     What is the null hypothesis?

2.     Calculate Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) manually.

3.     Calculate Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) using Excel.

4.     Interpret the correlation coefficient (r).

Strength?

Direction?

5.     Find out if there is a statistically significant relationship between x and y.

6.     Replicate the results using SPSS.

 

 

x

y

8

25

9

37

3

12

5

32

7

22

8

31

9

30

10

30

9

15