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Correlation Example

• Saved as Dataset: Academic Success.csv

Research Question: Does mental wellbeing predict academic

success?

Variable 1: Scores on the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing

Scale (range from 14 to 70) with higher scores indicating better
mental wellbeing

Variable 2: GPA (range from 0 to 4.0)

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Running a Correlation in JASP

• Go to Regression
• Click on
Correlation Matrix
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Running a Correlation in JASP

• Move your two

variables into the
empty box
• Make sure to
check off:
• Pearson
correlation
• Report
significance
• Can also include a
graph to plot the
correlation matrix
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Interpreting the Output

• Is the value positive or negative?

• Is it a strong or weak correlation?

• Is it a significant relation?
• < .o5?
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Interpreting the Output

Scatter of data points = Reliability of

relation

Direction of line = Direction

of relation

Slope of the line = Strength

of relation