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Describing Relationships Using Correlations

Describing Relationships Using Correlations. More Statistical Notation. Correlational analysis requires scores from two variables. X stands for the scores on one variable. Y stands for the scores on the other variable. Usually, each pair of XY scores is from the same participant.

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Describing Relationships Using Correlations

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  1. Describing Relationships Using Correlations

  2. More Statistical Notation Correlational analysis requires scores from two variables. X stands for the scores on one variable. Y stands for the scores on the other variable. Usually, each pair of XY scores is from the same participant.

  3. More Statistical Notation • As before, indicates the sum of the X scores, indicates the sum of the squared X scores, and indicates the square of the sum of the X scores • Similarly, indicates the sum of the Y scores, indicates the sum of the squared Y scores, and indicates the square of the sum of the Y scores

  4. More Statistical Notation Now, indicates the the sum of the X scores times the sum of the Y scores and indicates that you are to multiply each X score times its associated Y score and then sum the products.

  5. Correlation Coefficient • A correlation coefficient is the statistic that in a single number quantifies the pattern in a relationship • It does so by simultaneously examining all pairs of X and Y scores

  6. Understanding Correlational Research

  7. Drawing Conclusions • The term correlation is synonymous with relationship • However, the fact that there is a relationship between two variables does not mean that changes in one variable cause the changes in the other variable

  8. Plotting Correlational Data • A scatterplot is a graph that shows the location of each data point formed by a air of X-Y scores • When a relationship exists, a particular value of Y tends to be paired with one value of X and a different value of Y tends to be paired with a different value of X

  9. A Scatterplot Showing the Existence of a Relationship Between the Two Variables

  10. Scatterplots Showing No Relationship Between the Two Variables

  11. Types of Relationships

  12. Linear Relationships • A linear relationship forms a pattern that fits a straight line • In a positive linear relationship, as the scores on the X variable increase, the scores on the Y variable also tend to increase • In a negative linear relationship, as the scores on the X variable increase, the scores on the Y variable tend to decrease

  13. A Scatterplot of a Positive Linear Relationship

  14. A Scatterplot of a Negative Linear Relationship

  15. Nonlinear Relationships In a nonlinear, or curvilinear, relationship, as the X scores change, the Y scores do not tend to only increase or only decrease: at some point, the Y scores change their direction of change.

  16. A Scatterplot of a Nonlinear Relationship

  17. Strength of the Relationship

  18. Strength • The strength of a relationship is the extent to which one value of Y is consistently paired with one and only one value of X • The larger the absolute value of the correlation coefficient, the stronger the relationship • The sign of the correlation coefficient indicates the direction of a linear relationship

  19. Correlation Coefficients • Correlation coefficients may range between -1 and +1. The closer to 1 (-1 or +1) the coefficient is, the stronger the relationship; the closer to 0 the coefficient is, the weaker the relationship. • As the variability in the Y scores at each X becomes larger, the relationship becomes weaker

  20. Computing the Correlation Coefficient

  21. Pearson Correlation Coefficient • r used to describe a linear relationship between two scale variables

  22. Spearman Rank-Order Correlation Coefficient • describes the linear relationship between two variables measured using ranked scores. The formula is where N is the number of pairs of ranks and D is the difference between the two ranks in each pair.

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