PSY-3305: Introduction to Statistics in Psychology

Spielman, R., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (n.d.). Analyzing findings. Psychology. OER Commons.
This short read provides a conceptual overview of the correlation test, highlights how correlation does not imply causation and provides a short quiz for you to practice your knowledge!

Foster, G. C., Lane, D., Scott, D., Hebl, M., Guerra, R., Osherson, D., & Zimmer, H. (2018). Chapter 12: Correlations. An introduction to psychological statistics(pp. 215–240). Open Educational Resources Collection.
Read chapter 12. This book chapter provides a detailed introduction to correlation. Please know that you will see a lot of formulas in this chapter, but you are not required to memorize them! The formulas are there for you to review and to understand how a correlation works. SPSS will do all this heavy math for you!

Abbott, M. L. (2016). Chapter 11: Correlations. Using statistics in the social and health sciences with SPSS and Excel (pp. 329–357). Wiley Online Library.
Read chapter 11. This chapter will start with a great overview of correlations. Next, specific details on how to test each statistical assumption of the correlation, along with how to conduct the actual correlation using SPSS will be provided. Please ignore any information related to Excel in this chapter, as you are not using Excel in this course, but are using SPSS.

Sharma, A. (2017). Reporting a Pearson correlation in APA.
SlideShare.
This brief presentation shows how you can write the results of your correlation in APA format. This resource will be very helpful for your Week 7 Assignment.

Abbott, M. L. (2016). Chapter 12: Bivariate regression. Using statistics in the social and health sciences with SPSS and Excel (pp. 371–376). ProQuest Ebook Central.
This reading provides a brief overview of the regression statistical test. You will only need to read the first five pages of this chapter (you will want to read up until the “Calculating Regression” section; see page numbers above).

NCU Academic Success Center. Levels of measurement [Video, with corresponding content]. Northcentral University.
This video and brief information page provides an overview of the different levels of measurement. This resource will be helpful for assessing an assumption of the correlation.