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You are a researcher who would like
to understand the relationship between GRE verbal scores and GPA in graduate
school. You recruit graduate student participants who have taken the GRE
verbal test and who have been in graduate school for 1 year. You ask each
student to report their GRE Verbal Score. You also ask each student to
report their current graduate GPA. The following is a data set that you have
collected.
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Participant |
GRE Verbal Score |
Current graduate GPA |
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Participant 1
Participant 2
Participant 3
Participant 4
Participant 5
Participant 6
Participant 7
Participant 8
Participant 9
Participant 10
Participant 11
Participant 12
Participant 13
Participant 14
Participant 15 |
450
720
510
470
640
800
750
500
550
570
470
620
700
800
550 |
3.7
3.3
3.4
3.6
3.2
3.0
3.2
3.6
4.0
3.9
3.5
3.3
3.2
3.5
3.3 |
1. Compute Pearson’s r and generate
a scatterplot in SPSS for the data set above.
2. Based on your experimental
design, report the type of test used and what it was used to test by filling
in the blanks of the following sentence.
“A
________________________________________ was computed to assess the
relationship between
_____________________ and ____________________.”
3. Based on your SPSS output and the
design of this experiment, fill in the blanks in the following sentence and
circle correlation or no correlation.
“There was a correlation (no
correlation) between the two variables [r = _______, n
=_______, p = ________].”
3. Make reference to your
scatterplot by filling in the blank below.
“A scatterplot summarizes the
results (Figure ___________)”
4. Write a sentence that states what
your results mean – in words that an inexperienced scientific reader could
understand.
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Enter Data |
Analyze Data |
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