Correlation coefficient stats test + P values

Question 1

Stats test are a way of calculating whether our data shows…

Answer 1

significant correlations/differences OR whether these things happened by chance.

Question 2

The correlation coefficient is used when examining an association between..

Answer 2

two sets of continous data

Question 3

CORRELATION DOES NOT MEAN

Answer 3

CAUSATION

Question 4

What is the null hypothesis, what should you mention?

Answer 4

“There is no significant correlation between X and Y” - name the variables in the Q.

Question 5

You accept the null hypothesis if the P value is..

This means that…

Answer 5

MORE OR EQUAL TO 0.05

The probability of any assocation between A and B being due to chance is greater than 5% so this association is not significant

Question 6

You reject the null hypothesis if the P value is…

This means that…

Answer 6

LESS THAN 0.05

The probability of any significant association between A and B being due to chance is less than 0.05