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Problem Set 2: Pearson Correlation Coefficient Analysis

Research Scenario: A social worker involved in suicide prevention efforts wants to study the relationship between social isolation and possible suicide risk. She collects scores from a sample of 13 patients on two measures: one is a measure of social isolation on which higher scores indicate higher isolation (possible range of scores = 0- 20), and the other is the Suicide Risk Scale (SRS, Plutchik et al., 1989), on which higher scores indicate a higher risk of suicide (possible range of scores = 0-15). These scores are listed in the table below.

Using this table, enter the data into a new SPSS data file and run a Pearson correlation coefficient analysis to test whether there is a relationship between social isolation and possible suicide risk. Create a scatterplot to show the relationship between the variables.

Social Isolation	SRS
3 6 8 7 17 2 14 10 7 3 11 9 9	1 3 3 5 11 5 11 10 9 6 5 12 5

1. Paste SPSS output.  

2. Write an APA-style Results section based on your analysis. Include your scatterplot as an APA-style figure as demonstrated in the APA writing presentation. Please write this out in an apa scientific format, please!

Answer 1

Scatter Plot:

5 10 15 SocialIsolation SRS 8 10 12 9

Correlations VAR00001 VAR00002 VAR00001 Pearson Correlation 1 642 Sig. (2-tailed) 018 13 13 VAR00002 Pearson Correlation 642 1 Sig. (2-tailed) 018 N 13 13 Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

VAR00001=Social Isolation

VAR00002=SRS