Republic of the Philippines

CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY

(CvSU)
DON SEVERINO DE LAS ALAS CAMPUS
Indang, Cavite
 (046) 415-0013 /  (046) 415-0012
E-mail: cvsu@asia.com

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Department of Social Sciences and Humanities
BPSY85: PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
Learning Task on Statistics Refresher (Correlation)

Name: Cahutay, Deserie Mae R. Date of Submission: June 19, 2021

Course/Yr./Section: BS Psychology Score: _______________________

I. Instructions: Read the problem very carefully and conduct a 5-step hypothesis-testing
procedure using the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation (Pearson’s r).

1. Four young children were monitored closely over a period of several weeks to measure how
much they watched violent television programs and their amount of violent behavior toward their
playmates. The results were as follows:

Calculate the r using the 5-step hypothesis-testing procedure tested at a 0.05 significance level.

Step 1: State the Hypothesis (2 points)

Ho: There is no significant relationship
between the number of viewing
violent TV hours and being violent or aggressive towards playmates .

H1: The more children watch violent TV shows, the more they are
aggressive toward their playmates

Step 2: Set the Significance Level (2 points)

α = 0.05

Step 4: Calculate the r and determine where it falls in the comparison distribution (Use
the formula provided in the presentation) (2 points)

-.60 .60

Step 4: Calculate the r (Use the formula provided in the presentation) (2 points)

r = 0.9234

Step 5: Decision and Interpretation (Please check (/) your answer and use the table in the
presentation provided to determine the strength of correlation. If no significant
correlation was revealed, please refrain from reporting the strength) (2 points).
 Republic of the Philippines
CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY
(CvSU)
DON SEVERINO DE LAS ALAS CAMPUS
Indang, Cavite
 (046) 415-0013 /  (046) 415-0012
E-mail: cvsu@asia.com

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Department of Social Sciences and Humanities
BPSY85: PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
Learning Task on Statistics Refresher (Correlation)

___ Reject the Ho

✔ Fail to Reject the Ho

State the Interpretation:

There is a significant relationship between the two variables as the

correlation coefficient showed a positive result. This means that the viewing
of violent TV show hours of children affects how aggressive they are
towards their playmate.