Pearson’s Correlation

Chapter 10: Pearson’s correlation in SPSS

  • Log into SPSS
  • Add data set 80FFT.cvs
  • Click Analyze, correlate, Bivariate 
  • Move V6 & V36 over to variable box 
  • Click OK

Chapter 10: Pearson’s Correlation in R Studio 

  • Log into R Studio 
  • Start typing on a line 
  • z<-y[is.na(y$v6)==0&is.na(y$v36)==0,]
  • cor(z$v36,z$v6)
  • Then hit run

There is a weak negative correlation (r=-0.07691952) between parent involvement and income. 

Parental engagement is the dependent variable for Pearson’s correlation. Income served as the independent variable. There is a weak negative association between the two variables parental engagement and income using the data displayed above in R studio and SPSS.