Answer Key on Correlation
Instructions: Using the diagram below answer the following questions.
What area represents the multiple correlation of relational satisfaction with good communication skills and realistic relational beliefs (R relational satisfaction · good communication skills and realistic relational beliefs)?
B, E, & F
What area represents the unique contribution of good communication skills to relational satisfaction partialing out the influence of holding realistic relational beliefs (R relational satisfaction and good communication skills · realistic relational beliefs)?
B
Instructions: Solve the following problem.
A researcher thinks that attraction is related to proximity (living near each other). To find out if this is true, a researcher asks 20 pairs of students to calculate how close they live to each other and how much they like each other. Based upon these twenty pairs of scores, the researcher calculates the correlation coefficient between these two variables. The following correlation was obtained (r = .35).
a. Is this correlation significant? If so, at what level?
df = 18, not significant
b. What is the magnitude and direction of this correlation?
na
c. What does this finding mean?
No relationship between proximity and attraction
