SOC 390 SPSS Assignment Correlations

Question 1

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Imagine that you are a researcher who is interested in examining the correlation between happiness and a number of lifestyle factors including ratings of health, volunteer hours, family income, stress, and the number of hours each week spent on housework.

Use SPSS to create a correlation matrix that includes the following variables, using two-tailed tests.:

• happy

• health

• volunteer

• famincome

• stress

• housework

What is the correlation between happiness and health? Enter your value with three decimal places; do not include a zero to the left of the decimal point (i.e., .001, not 0.001, not .01, not .1). You only need to include the direction sign for a negative correlation.

Question 2

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What is the correlation between happiness and volunteer hours? Enter your value with three decimal places; do not include a zero to the left of the decimal point (i.e., .001, not 0.001, not .01, not .1). You only need to include the direction sign for a negative correlation.

Question 3

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What is the correlation between happiness and family income? Enter your value with three decimal places; do not include a zero to the left of the decimal point (i.e., .001, not 0.001, not .01, not .1).

You only need to include the direction sign for a negative correlation.

Question 4

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What is the correlation between happiness and stress? Enter your value with three decimal places; do not include a zero to the left of the decimal point (i.e., .001, not 0.001, not .01, not .1).

You only need to include the direction sign for a negative correlation.

Question 5

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What is the correlation between happiness and hours spent on housework? Enter your value with three decimal places; do not include a zero to the left of the decimal point (i.e., .001, not 0.001, not .01, not .1).

You only need to include the direction sign for a negative correlation.

Question 6

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Which of the correlations in this analysis are statistically significant (select all that apply)?

The correlation between happiness and family income.

The correlation between happiness and housework.

The correlation between happiness and volunteer hours.

The correlation between happiness and health

The correlation between happiness and stress.

Question 7

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The correlation between happiness and _______ is the strongest correlation in this study.

stress

health

volunteer

housework

family income

Question 8

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Which of the following could potentially bias the results of your analysis?

A nonlinear association

Homogenous groups

All of these

An unreliable measure of confidence

Question 9

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From the results of this study, you can conclude that stress causes lower levels of happiness.

True

False

Quiz Score: 10 out of 10

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