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The tables of descriptive statistics can be used to assist in calculating the correlation.

> (CorrelationData) |> describeMoments()

Summary Statistics for the Data

               N       M      SD    Skew    Kurt
Outcome1   4.000   2.000   2.449   0.544  -2.944
Outcome2   4.000   6.000   2.449   0.544  -2.944

> (CorrelationData) |> describeCovariances()

Covariances for the Data

         Outcome1 Outcome2
Outcome1    6.000    3.000
Outcome2    3.000    6.000

> (CorrelationData) |> describeCorrelations()

Correlations for the Data

         Outcome1 Outcome2
Outcome1    1.000    0.500
Outcome2    0.500    1.000

The table of inferential statistics shows the key elements to be calculated.

> (CorrelationData) |> testCorrelations()

Hypothesis Tests for the Correlations

                          R      SE      df       t       p
Outcome1 & Outcome2   0.500   0.612   2.000   0.816   0.500

Calculations

Descriptive Statistics: The descriptive statistics are calculated separately for each variable.

Sum of Cross Products: The Sum of Cross Products (“SCP”) is not easily determined solely from the summary statistics of the output, but rather from the data.

\[SCP = \sum ( X - M_X ) ( Y - M_Y ) = ( 0 - 2.000 ) ( 4 - 6.000 ) + ( 0 - 2.000 )( 7 - 6.000 ) + ( 3 - 2.000 )( 4 - 6.000 ) + (5 - 2.000)(9 - 6.000) = 9.000\]

Covariance: The Covariance (“COV”) is a function of the Sum of Cross Products and the sample size:

\[COV = \frac{SCP}{(N - 1)} = \frac{9.000}{(4 - 1)} = 3.000\]

Pearson Correlation Coefficient: The Pearson Correlation Coefficient (“r”) is a function of the Covariance and the Standard Deviations of both variables:

\[r = \frac{COV}{(SD_X) (SD_Y)} = \frac{3.000}{(2.449) (2.449)} = .500\]

APA Style

Correlations provide a measure of statistical relationship between two variables.

For the participants (N = 4), the scores on Outcome 1 (M = 2.00, SD = 2.45) and Outcome 2 (M = 6.00, SD = 2.45) were moderately correlated, r(2) = .50.

Note that correlations can also have inferential information associated with them (and that this information should be summarized if it is available and of interest).

For the participants (N = 4), the scores on Outcome 1 (M = 2.00, SD = 2.45) and Outcome 2 (M = 6.00, SD = 2.45) were moderately but not statistically significantly correlated, r(2) = .50, 95% CI [-0.89, 0.99], p = .500.