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PURPOSE OF CORRELATION

Correlation is a measure of association between two variables. The variables are not

designated as dependent or independent. Correlation is used to determine the relationship

between two variables in a linear fashion. The whole purpose of using correlations in research

is to figure out which variables are connected. The two most popular correlation coefficients

are Spearman's correlation coefficient rho and Pearson's product-moment correlation

coefficient. Spearman's technique is use when calculating a correlation coefficient for ordinal

data. For interval or ratio-type data, use Pearson's technique. The value of a correlation

coefficient can vary from minus one to plus one. A minus one indicates a perfect negative

correlation, while a plus one indicates a perfect positive correlation. A correlation of zero

means there is no relationship between the two variables. When there is a negative correlation

between two variables, as the value of one variable increases, the value of the other variable

decreases, and vice versa.

The standard error of a correlation coefficient is used to determine the confidence

intervals around a true correlation of zero. If your correlation coefficient falls outside of this

range, then it is significantly different from zero. The standard error can be calculated for

interval or ratio-type data (i.e., only for Pearson's product-moment correlation). The

significance (probability) of the correlation coefficient is determined from the t-statistic. The

probability of the t-statistic indicates whether the observed correlation coefficient occurred by

chance if the true correlation is zero. In other words, it asks if the correlation is significantly

different than zero. When the t-statistic is calculated for Spearman's rank-difference

correlation coefficient, there must be at least 30 cases before the t-distribution can be used to

determine the probability. If there are fewer than 30 cases, you must refer to a special table to

find the probability of the correlation coefficient.

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