5.

Explain the logic of what you have done, writing as if you are speaking to someone who has
never heard of correlation (but who does understand the mean, standard deviation, Z scores, and
hypothesis testing).
The best way to understand the concept is to think of a simple x, y scatter diagram. XY (Scatter)
diagrams plot two groups of numbers as one series of XY coordinates. XY diagrams show the
relatedness of two sets of data. If the data points cluster or bunch in a certain configuration -- for
example, if they tend to form the shape of a line -- that indicates that the two sets of data are
correlated in some way (Tidestone Technologies, 1999). A correlation coefficient is a statistical
measure of the degree to which changes to the value of one variable predict change to the value
of another. In positively correlated variables, the value increases or decreases in tandem. In
negatively correlated variables, the value of one increases as the value of the other decreases.
Correlation coefficients are expressed as values between +1 and -1. A coefficient of +1 indicates
a perfect positive correlation: A change in the value of one variable will predict a change in the
same direction in the second variable. A coefficient of -1 indicates a perfect negative correlation: A
change in the value of one variable predicts a change in the opposite direction in the second
variable. Lesser degrees of correlation are expressed as non-zero decimals. A coefficient of zero
indicates there is no discernable relationship between fluctuations of the variables (Rouse,
2013). In other words, a straight line of dots going up would indicate a correlation of 1, but if the
line of dots declined then you would have a correlation coefficient of -1. The scatter diagram
would be a coefficient of the -.71 because it declines. The scatter diagram shows the different
results of the dexterity and anxiety test and they are put on the graph to show the different
results.

Reference
Rouse, M. (2013). Correlation Coefficient. Retrieved March 25, 2016 from,
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/correlation-coefficient.
Tidestone Technologies (1999). About XY (Scatter Charts). Retrieved on March 25, 2016 from,
http://www.mit.edu/~mbarker/formula1/f1help/11-ch-11.htm.