A cognitive psychologist studying the structure of intelligence obtained the fol

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A cognitive psychologist studying the structure of intelligence obtained the following scores for verbal reasoning and numerical ability for six female students. Determine if there is a relationship between these variables. Student Verbal Numerical A 1.6 2 B 6.1 4 C 1.8 3 D 3.3 1 E 4.8 5 F 8.2 9

Student Verbal Numerical

A 1.6 2

B 6.1 4

C 1.8 3

D 3.3 1

E 4.8 5

F 8.2 9

a) Using SPSS, compute this statistical test.

b) Give an interpretation of this data and report the statistics. If you choose a one-way ANOVA, be sure to report post-hoc comparisons.

Explanation / Answer

Solution:

To find relationship b/w these two variables we can use Correlation coefficients

Correlation coefficients calculates from SPSS which are as follows:

Correlation coefficients b/w Verbal and Numaerical is 0.8474

This means that there is relationship b/w verbal and numerical measures.

If we increase/ decrease verbal or numerical with 1 unit than there is 0.8474 unit change in other variable.

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