{"id":3045,"date":"2023-05-28T07:43:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T02:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/?p=3045"},"modified":"2023-05-28T07:43:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T02:43:54","slug":"ibm-spss-tutorial-part-08-correlations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/ibm-spss-tutorial-part-08-correlations\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM SPSS Tutorial &#8211; Part 08 &#8211; Correlations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The following is a good guide for choosing a statistical test:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphpad.com\/support\/faqid\/1790\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.graphpad.com\/support\/faqid\/1790<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (Pearson\u2019s correlation, for short) is a measure of the strength and direction of association that exists between two variables. The measurement level of your two variables should be <strong>Scale<\/strong>. Examples of variables that meet this criterion include revision time (measured in hours), intelligence (measured using IQ score), exam performance (measured from 0 to 100), weight (measured in kg), and so forth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There should be a&nbsp;<strong>linear relationship<\/strong>&nbsp;between your two variables. 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