Correlation Coefficient

Question 1

Function of correlation coefficient

Answer 1

To test the strength of a relationship between two variables

Question 2

Reason for choosing correlation coefficient

Answer 2

Looking for a relationship between two variables

Question 3

Correlation coefficient null hypothesis

Answer 3

There is no statistically significant correlation between variables

Question 4

Correlation coefficient results

Answer 4

If the correlation coefficient statistic is greater than the critical value at p=0.05 we reject the null hypothesis. There is a statistically significant correlation between variables. There is less than 5% probably the results occurred due to chance