Correlation Analysis: Example

This example accompanies the video illustration for the correlation analysis.

Scenario:

The following data include scores on the Smartphone Addition Scale (SAS) and Beck Depression
Inventory (BDI) for a sample of 21 students.

Participant SAS BDI Participant SAS BDI

1 134 20 12 117 17
2 93 17 13 88 5
3 132 7 14 119 14
4 110 6 15 87 15
5 115 13 16 165 26
6 31 1 17 101 19
7 108 13 18 49 9
8 80 11 19 97 9
9 64 3 20 80 18
10 81 20 21 51 8
11 160 23

1. What is the mean Smartphone Addiction score? What is the mean score on the Beck Depression
Inventory?

2. What are the standard deviations for the Smartphone Addiction scores and Beck Depression
Inventory scores?

3. State an appropriate null hypothesis for this analysis.

4. What is the value of the correlation coefficient for the relationship between Smartphone
Addiction scores and Beck Depression Inventory scores?

5. Based on the value of the correlation coefficient, how would you classify the strength of this
relationship?

6. Based on the information from the scenario, what is the appropriate value for the degrees of
freedom?

7. What is the reported level of significance?

8. Present the results as they might appear in an article. This must include a narrative statement that
reports and interprets the results of the correlation analysis.