“Exploring Correlation Coefficients: Understanding, Computing, and Interpreting”

The instructions for the essay is as follows: 
This chapter introduces students to correlation coefficients as a measure of association between
variables……The chapter concludes with practice items for students to extend their learning while…
 Understanding what correlations are and how they work. Interpreting the value of the correlation coefficient 15 points
  Computing a Simple Correlation Coefficient by hand 15 points
  A Visual Picture of a Correlation: The Scatterplot—A simple way to visually represent
a correlation is a scatterplot or scattergram. Directions for creating a scatterplot by
hand are included in the text. 15 points
 Using SPSS to Compute a Correlation Coefficient—The text gives directions for
computing the correlation coefficient in SPSS and Understanding and Interpreting the SPSS Output 15 points
Real-World Stats—Provides a real-world example 15 points Summary 10 points

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