Pearson’s Correlation

This is a Pearson’s Correlation ran comparing Longwood University’s new social distancing policy and how worried students are of exposing friends and family to COVID-19 since returning to campus. Students were asked both of these questions in an interval ratio form. First, they were asked to rank how beneficial the policies Longwood has enacted are at reducing the spread of COVID-19 on a scale of 0-10 with 0= Not at all and 10= Extremely beneficial. And secondly, they were asked to rank how worried they are of potentially exposing their friends and family to the virus since returning to campus with 0= Not at all and 10= Extremely concerned. These variables are related because if the policies enacted by Longwood University are not slowing the spread of the virus on campus, then students will be more concerned when going to visit friends and family. When the correlation was run, there was a value found of -0.025. According to this value, there is a weak negative correlation found between Longwood University’s changes in COVID-19 policy and how worried students are at risking exposure to their friends and family after returning to campus.