Learning Objectives
Read pages 328-383 in your textbook.
After reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to do the following:
11.1 Define and explain the purpose of Pearson’s product moment correlation
11.2 Conduct a hypothesis test on Pearson’s r
11.3 Explain the coefficient of determination
11.4 Explain Spearman’s rank correlation
11.5 Describe how to purify the relationship between two primary variables by keeping the third variable constant using partial correlation
11.6 Describe point biserial correlation
11.7 Distinguish among different types of correlation methods: Pearson’s correlation, Spearman’s rank correlation, partial correlation, and point biserial correlation