Question

Dr. Hernandon believes that time spent playing video games is negatively associated with reading fluency. He asks parents to record the average number of hours their children spend playing video games each day. He compares these hours with scores on the Woodcock-Johnson reading test. His correlation coefficient confirms that as hours playing video games increases, reading fluency decreases. Which correlation coefficient would fit his data?

Answer 1

Options :

A) - 0.89

B.) + 0.34

C.) + 0.89

D.) - 0.34

Answer: A) - 0.89

Explanation:

Since Dr. Hernandon has been able to establish that a strong negative relationship exists between the number of hours spent playing video games and reading fluency, hence looking through the options provided, the most suitable will be - 0.89, this is because the negative sign implies a negative correlation or association between the two variables (that is decrease in one leads to a corresponding increase in the other and vice-versa) also, the strength of correlation exists in how close the value of the correlation Coefficient is to 1 or - 1. Values closer to 1 or - 1 are strongly correlated while those closer to zero exhibits a weak association. Correlation Coefficient value of 0 implies that there is no association between both variables.