Overview
For this week’s assignment you will construct graphs, compute a correlation coefficient, and explain how the correlation can be used to support a specific type of reliability or validity.
Preparation
Before you begin this assignment, complete the following:
- Download the Week 8 Assignment Worksheet [DOCX].
- Download the Week_8_Assignment_Data.csv file.
Instructions
Complete and submit the Week 8 Assignment worksheet.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:
- Competency 1: Communicate research findings using data visualizations.
- Evaluate graphs to determine if the assumptions of simple linear regression have been met.
- Competency 2: Interpret statistical findings in the context of their level of statistical and practical significance.
- Interpret the statistical significance of a simple linear regression model.
- Competency 3: Conduct statistical analyses to address research questions in the social sciences.
- Construct a scatterplot in JASP.
- Construct a plot of residuals versus predicted values in JASP.
- Construct a graph in JASP that can be used to evaluate the normality of residuals.
- Construct a simple linear regression model using JASP.
- Competency 7: Explain the results of statistical analyses in common language.
- Write one sentence in APA style summarizing the results of the simple linear regression model.