Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient:

Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient in R:

z<- y[is.na(y$v11)==0 & is.na(y$v36)==0,]

> cor(z$v36, z$v11)

[1] -0.03206576

Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient in SPSS

The dependent variable in this study was how involved was your family throughout the activity. This was examined on the zero through 10 scale. The independent variable was what is your annual household income? This was asked by a selection question. Based on the correlation findings (C=-.032), the coefficient shows that that there is a negative weak correlation between involvement and household income in this activity.