Pearsons Correlation

Pearson’s Correlation of Parent Engagement by Enjoyment of Activity. 

EngagementEnjoyed ActivityDid Not Enjoy ActivityR
Low engaged44
Moderate engaged200
High engagement 440
Pearson’s Correlation788***

Note: p<.05*, p<.01**, p<.001***

The dependent variable for this Pearsons Chart is Family Engagement. This was asked on a 0-10 scale. The independent for this chart is if they enjoyed the activity or did not enjoy the activity. The mean for low engagement was 4 enjoyment of  the activity and 4 did not. The mean for moderate engagement was 20 enjoyed the activity and 0 said they did not. For high engagement 44 people said they enjoyed the activity and 0 said they did not. The total for R is 788. This means that we have a strong positive correlation and there is a significance at the 0.01 level. The null hypothesis can be rejected.