⚡ Pearson correlation in 3 steps
A quick recipe on the practice survey dataset. Press the button to load the data and run it, or follow the steps yourself after File → Sample dataset.
What are the steps?
- Analyze → Correlate → Bivariate…
- Tick age and score; Pearson.
- Press OK; check the scatterplot before trusting r.
What result should I see?
r(148) = .37, p < .001
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