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Week 5 practice exercises in psychological research methods.

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PSYCH/625 Time to Practice � Week Five - University of Phoenix Material - Page 1 preview imageTime to PracticeWeek FivePSYCH/625 Version21Copyright ©2014by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved.University of Phoenix MaterialTime to PracticeWeek FiveCompleteParts A, B, and C below.Part ASome questions in Part A require that you access data fromStatistics for People Who (ThinkThey) HateStatistics.This data is available on thestudent website under the Student Text Resources link.1.Usethe followingdata to answer Questions 1a and 1b.Totalno. ofproblemscorrect (out of a possible20)Attitudetowardtesttaking(out of a possible 100)1794137312591580169314851666167918771991a.Compute the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient by hand and show all your work.From the given data,𝑛=10,𝑥̅=15.6,𝑦=79.7,𝑥𝑦=12568,𝑥2=2476𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑦2=64727Thus,Correlation coefficient( r )=𝑥𝑦𝑛𝑥̅𝑦(𝑥2𝑛𝑥̅2)(𝑦2𝑛𝑦2)= 0.5961b.Construct a scatterplot for these 10 values by hand. Based on the scatterplot, would you predictthe correlation to bedirect or indirect? Why?The obtained scatter plot is as follows,
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PSYCH/625 Time to Practice � Week Five - University of Phoenix Material - Page 3 preview imageTime to PracticeWeek FivePSYCH/625 Version22Copyright ©2014by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved.The scatter plot isindicating a non-linear pattern (quadratic) thus I would predict the correlation tobe indirect.2.Rank the following correlation coefficients on strength of their relationship (list the weakest first):+.71+.36.45.47.62Answer is asfollows.0.36-0.450.47-0.620.713.UseIBM®SPSS®softwareto determine the correlation between hours of studying and grade pointaverageforthese honor students. Why is the correlation so low?Hours ofstudyingGPA233.95123.90154.00143.76
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