Name_________________________
Descriptive Statistics and Correlation
Consider these data and then fill-in-the-blanks at the bottom of this page.
Research Methods Final Grade
Reported Number of Hours
(measured as GPA ranging from 0 to 4)
Spent Studying for Final Exam
Person
1
4
20
2
3
20
3
0
8
4
2
9
5
2
15
6
2
15
7
3
16
8
0
3
9
1
5
10
3
10
11
1
8
12
2
6
13
2
7
14
0
8
15
0
3
16
3
11
17
4
17
18
1
8
19
2
9
20
3
12
21
3
14
22
3
7
23
1
6
24
2
5
25
3
8
A. For each variable
in the sample:
1. What is the
arithmetic mean?
________
________
2. What is the mode? ________ ________
3. What is the median? ________ ________
4. What is the
standard
deviation? ________
________
1. What is the observed correlation?____________________________________________
2. What type of relationship is this one?_________________________________________
3. How may this correlation be interpreted verbally?________________________________