Correlation Coefficient, Pearson's r
Since this is review material, read or skim as needed.
Material from EDUR 8131 Introduction to Educational Statistics
- Read: Notes
6 Correlation Coefficient, Pearson's r
- Read: Correlation
Coefficients and Scatterplots
- Supplemental Material
- Reporting Correlation Results in APA Style: Pearson
Correlation Coefficients (Word doc)
- Examples of Published Correlation Results:
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Menon 2001, see Table 1, p. 1
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Hallam, Price, & Katsarou 2006, see Tables 1 and II, p.
115 (lacks *p<.05, t value)
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Scahill et al. 2001, see Table 1, p. 653
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Danielidou & Horvath 2006, see Table 2 p. 416
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Pintrchi & De Groot 1990 (motivated learning
strategies)
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Bryson 1974 (student ratings correlated with
achievement)
- Video - Correlation and Causation: English
is the Cause of Death (4 minutes)
- Video Game - Guess
the Correlation (play this to help you assess
correlation strength via scatterplots)
- Critical Pearson r values table: critical
r
- Critical t-values table: t-tables.pdf
Instructional Videos
Supplemental Readings: