In SPSS:
- After entering the data:
- Click analyze
- Click Correlate
- Click bivariate
- Put dependent variable (v6) into variables box and independent variable (v35)
- Click OK
In RStudio:
- Type syntax to find correlation between variables:
- z <-y[is.na(y$v6)==0 & is.na(y$v35)==0,]
- cor(z$v35, z$v6)
- Highlight both lines and click run
Correlation (r) is measured between -1 and 1.
The correlation between family involvement and education attainment is r = -0.025. Family involvement represents the dependent variable and education attainment represents the independent variable. This represents a weak negative correlation between the dependent and independent variable.