In the article, Caspi, A., Moffitt, T. E., Silva, P. A., Stouthamer-Loeber, M.,

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In the article, Caspi, A., Moffitt, T. E., Silva, P. A., Stouthamer-Loeber, M., Krueger, R. F., & Scmutte, P. S. (1994). Are Some People Crime-Prone? Replications of the Personality-Crime Relationships Across. Countries, Genders, Races, and Methods. Criminology, 32(2), 163-195. . In Table 2, the authors present Pearson correlations for the relationship between all of the personality scales and two different measures of delinquency (self-reported and informant-reported) among both males and females. Answer the following questions about the correlations (exclude the correlation for R2 in your answer): a. Which is the strongest correlation in the entire table? Be sure to include the value of the correlation and describe the correlation (which variables are correlated). b. Which is the weakest correlation in the entire table? Be sure to include the value of the correlation and describe the correlation (which variables are correlated). c. Which scales are consistently positively correlated with delinquency across both genders and both measures of delinquency? Interpret one positive relationship in sentence form (in the form of, as X increases, what happens to Y). d. Which scales are consistently negatively correlated with delinquency across both genders and both measures of delinquency? Interpret one negative relationship in sentence form (in the form of, as X increases, what happens to Y).

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a)) Correlation between the aggression and male gender for self-reported delinquency is the strongest correlation in the entire table. 0.52 is the value of the correlation.

b)) Correlation between the achievement and male gender for self-reported delinquency is the weakest correlation in the entire table. 0.00 is the value of the correlation which mean there exist no any correlation between achievement and male in self-reported delinquency.

c)) Aggression, Alienation, Stress Reaction, Achievement, Social Potency, Well-Being are consistently positively correlated with self-reported delinquency across male and Aggression, Alienation, Stress Reaction, and Social Potency across females.

Aggression, Alienation, Stress Reaction, Social Potency, Well-Being, and Social Closeness are consistently positively correlated with informant-reported delinquency across male and Aggression, Alienation, Stress Reaction, and Social Potency across females.

As aggression (X) increases among males delinquency also increases (Y).

d)) Traditionalism, Harm Avoidance, Control, Social Closeness are consistently negatively correlated with self-reported delinquency across male and Traditionalism, Harm Avoidance, Control, Achievement, Well-Being, Social Closeness across females.

Traditionalism, Harm Avoidance, Control, Achievement, are consistently negatively correlated with informant-reported delinquency across male and Traditionalism, Harm Avoidance, Control, Achievement, Well-Being, Social Closeness across females.

Traditionalism, Harm Avoidance, Control, Aggression, Alienation, Stress Reaction, Achievement, Social Potency, Well-Being, Social Closeness

Traditionalism, Harm Avoidance, Control, Aggression, Alienation, Stress Reaction, Achievement, Social Potency, Well-Being, Social Closeness

As control (X) decrease among males then delinquency increases (Y).

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