Correlation and Partial correlation Flashcards
What does Bivariate Linear Correlation examine?
Examines the relationship between two variables
Examines the relationship between two variables
Bivariate Linear Correlation
Relationships between two variables may vary in…?
List 3 points
- Form
- Direction
- Magnitude/strength
How can relationships between two variables vary in form?
List 2 ways
- Linear
- Curvilinear
How can relationships between two variables vary in direction?
List 2 ways
- Positive
- Negative
How can relationships between two variables vary in magnitude/strength?
List 3 ways
- r = - 1 (perfect negative relationship)
- r = +1 (perfect positive relationship)
- r = 0 (no relationship)
What is considered a perfect correlation?
+/- 1
What is considered a strong correlation?
+/- 0.9, 0.8, 0.7
What is considered a moderate correlation?
+/- 0.6, 0.5, 0.4
What is considered a weak correlation?
+/- 0.3, 0.2, 0.1
What is considered zero correlation?
0
Linear correlation involves measuring …?
The relationship between two variables measured in a sample
Measuring the relationship between two variables measured in a sample
This is known as…?
Linear correlation
We use ______ to estimate the population parameters
Sample statistics
We use sample statistics to estimate the _______
Population parameters
True or False?
In hypothesis testing for correlation, we always start by assuming the null hypothesis is false
False
We always start by assuming the null hypothesis is true: there is no relationship between the population variables
Once we’ve determined the relationship in our sample, inferential analyses allow us to determine _________ when the null hypothesis is true
The probability of measuring a relationship of that magnitude
What is the chance of measuring a relationship of that magnitude when the null hypothesis is true?
How do we measure this?
p-value
The probability of measuring a relationship of that magnitude when the null hypothesis is true
This is known as…?
p-value
What is a p-value?
The probability of measuring a relationship of that magnitude when the null hypothesis is true
If the probability of measuring a relationship of the obtained magnitude is less than our threshold (0.05), we are prepared to …?
a. reject the null hypothesis
b. fail to reject the null hypothesis
a. reject the null hypothesis
What are the 5 parametric assumptions of correlations?
- Both variables should be continuous (level of measurement)
- Related pairs: Each participant (or observation) should have a pair of values
- Absence of outliers
- Linearity – points in the scatterplot should be best explained with a straight line
- Sensitive to range restrictions
If one or both variables are ordinal, do we use parametric (Pearson’s r) or non-parametric (Spearman’s rho) correlation?
We use a non-parametric alternative (Spearman’s rho)
What do outliers do?
They skew the results of the correlation
True or False?
Points in the scatterplot should be best explained with a curve
False
Points in the scatterplot should be best explained with a straight line
What is the non-parametric equivalent to Pearson’s r correlation?
Spearman’s rho
Spearman’s rho is the non-parametric equivalent to…?
Pearson’s r correlation
What is the non-parametric equivalent to Pearson’s r correlation when there are fewer than 20 cases?
Kendall’s Tau
Kendall’s Tau is the non-parametric equivalent to…?
Pearson’s r correlation when there are fewer than 20 cases
Pearson’s correlation coefficient investigates the relationship between…?
2 quantitative, continuous variables