What does the negative sign tell you?
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Week 5 Checkpoint
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Week 5 Checkpoint
Consider the following SPSS output for a Pearson’s correlation. What does the negative sign tell you? What does the sig. level tell you? How would you interpret this correlation in plain language? Explain these answers thoroughly, as if you are explaining them to someone who does not understand statistics.
Correlations
VAR00001
VAR00002
VAR00001 Pearson Correlation
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
1
8
-.800*
.017
8
VAR00002 Pearson Correlation
Sig. (2-tailed)
N
-.800*
.017
8
1
8
* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level 92-tailed.
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