Statistics for Social Science

DCE5950

Assignment 7

1. A research is interested to determine relationship between stress (X) and work

performance (Y) among support staff of a selected private company. Data were collected
from a randomly selected sample and presented in the following table.
(5 points)

Subject X Y
1 6 6
2 8 5
3 7 3
4 4 7
5 5 6
6 6 7
7 7 5
8 6 7
9 5 8
10 3 7
11 7 4

a. Calculate Spearman Rho correlation coefficient (rs) between the two variables
b. Describe the nature of relationship between the variables
c. Test the hypothesis on the relationship at .05 level of significance
i. State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses
ii.. Calculate the test statistics
iii. Determine the critical value
iv. What would be your decision? Justify your answer
iii. What can you conclude on the hypothesis test?.

2. Choose two APPROPRIATE variables from “5950 2019 Assignment DATA” and run
Spearman rho correlation.
(5 points)
a. Run Spearman rho correlation and present the results in a table (complete with title
and contents)
b. Describe the nature of relationship between the two variables
c. Use the 5-step procedure to test the significance of relationship between the two
variables at .05 level of confidence
d. Prepare a write up on the results using APA presentation style

Note: Please attach the results of SPSS output for Q2

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