Exam 8: Correlation
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Looking at the table below, which variables were the most strongly correlated? Work ethic Annual income IQ Work ethic Pearson's correlation 1.000 .72 .66 Sig. (2-tail) . .001 .000 N 550 550 550 Annual income Pearsor's correlation .72 1.000 .47 Sig. (2-tail) .000 . .03 N 550 550 550 IQ Pearson's correlation .66 .47 1.000 Sig. (2-tail) .000 .03 . N 550 550 550
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The relationship between two variables partialling out the effect that a third variable has on one of those variables can be expressed using a:
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Imagine a researcher wanted to investigate whether there was a significant correlation between IQ and annual income, but she had reason to believe that work ethic would influence both of these variables. What should she do?
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Which correlation coefficient would you use to look at the correlation between gender and time spent on the phone talking to your mother?
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A correlation of .5 would produce a scatterplot in which the slope:
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The correlation between two variables A and B is .12 with a significance of p < .01. What can we conclude?
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Which of the following could not be a correlation coefficient:
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The table below contains scores from six people on two different scales that measure attitudes towards reality TV shows. Attitudes towards Watching RealityTV Scale The General Reality TV Scale 3 2 7 5 4 3 1 1 8 7 6 7 Based on intuition rather than computation, which of the following is the value of the correlation coefficient between the two scales?
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How much greater is the shared variance between two variables if the Pearson correlation coefficient between them is -.4 than if it is .2?
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If two variables are significantly correlated, r = .67, then:
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What do the results in the table below show? Work produrtivity Time spent on Facebook Work pradurtivity Pearson's correlation 1.000 -94 Sig. (2-tail) .000 N 100 100 Time spent on Facebook Pearsan's correlation -94 1.000 Sig.(2-tail) .000 N 100 100
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When interpreting a correlation coefficient, it is important to look at:
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The table below contains scores from six people on two different scales that measure attitudes towards reality TV shows. Attitudes towards Watching RealityTV Scale The General Reality TV Scale 3 2 7 5 4 3 1 1 8 7 6 7 Based on intuition rather than computation, which of the following is the value of the coefficient of determination between the two scales?
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Which of the following statements about Pearson's correlation coefficient is not true?
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The table below contains scores from six people on two different scales that measure attitudes towards reality TV shows. Attitudes towards Watching RealityTV Scale The General Reality TV Scale 3 2 7 5 4 3 1 1 8 7 6 7 Using the scores above, the two scales are likely to:
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A Pearson's correlation coefficient of -.5 would be represented by a scatterplot in which:
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If a correlation coefficient has an associated probability value of .02 then:
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