Keiran wants to know if there is a relationship between academic performance in math and language arts. He obtains Florida Standards Assessment test levels from several 5th grade students in Orange County. The test scores for both math and language arts tests are based on performance levels (i.e., ordinal levels) rather than scaled scores (i.e., interval). What statistical test should he use to determine the relative relationship between math and language arts performance?
Group of answer choices
Independent samples t-test
Pearson Correlation
Spearman Correlation
Hartley's F Max
Correct option is :
Spearman Correlation
(since the variables are on ordinal scale )
Keiran wants to know if there is a relationship between academic performance in math and language...
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An educational psychologist would like to know the relationship
between the number of hours per week that students study for a
course and their performance in the test.
a.Compute the Pearson correlation of the data below
b.Determine the significance of the correlation at α .05,
two-tailed by referring to Table B.6in the Appendix of your
textbook. State whether the correlation is significant.
No. of Hours of Study Test Score
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