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532 QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS<br />

Box 24.25<br />

Correlation scatterplots<br />

Academic<br />

achievement<br />

Socio-economic<br />

status<br />

r 0.90 r 0.30<br />

IQ<br />

IQ<br />

Weight<br />

r 00<br />

IQ<br />

Absenteeism<br />

r 0.30<br />

Visual acuity<br />

r 0.90<br />

IQ<br />

IQ<br />

Source:Tuckman1972<br />

In both of these examples of reporting, exact<br />

significance levels have been given, assuming that<br />

SPSS has calculated these. An alternative way of<br />

reporting the significance levels (as appropriate)<br />

are: ρ

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