Assignment 7

Correlation

Before you get started, note that the instructions for using SPSS to analyze a correlation are embedded in Chapter 9. There is no separate SPSS Skill Guide for this topic. The instructions for producing a scatter plot are in the form of a YouTube presentation (See Chapter 9 for the link).

Participants in the Fear Study took a personality test called the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR). This test has been refined and expanded and is now known as the Paulhus Deception Scales (PDS). The scores on the BIDR were broken down into two separate scales:

(1) The Self-Deceptive Enhancement (sde) scale - the tendency to give honest but inflated self-descriptions.

(2) The Impression Management (im) scale - the tendency of individuals to manage the impression they have on others by giving inflated but not necessarily honest self-descriptions.

The two scales were used to assess the presence of socially desirable responding (such as gender role responses) to questions about what the respondent feared.

General Requirements:To do this exercise you have to read and understand the material in the Chapter 9, including the embedded SPSS skills (see "Calculating the Pearson Correlation Coefficient Using SPSS" in Chapter 9). You only need to conduct a Pearson correlation analysis for this assignment; a linear regression analysis is not required. Use the Fearxx.sav data file that you used in other assignments. This assignment will be graded on the basis of the output file from SPSS and your write-up in APA style (see text). When you complete the assignment, upload your SPSS output and write-up to your submission in D2L by the due date and time listed in the Class Schedule.

To Complete The Assignment:

(1) Use SPSS and your Fearxx.sav data file to analyze the correlation between the BIDR SELF DECEPTION (sde) scale and IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT (im) scale. This will produce a "Correlations" table like Figure 9.2 in Chapter 9.

(2) Produce a scatter plot for the two variables.* Upload your SPSS output file containing the correlation analysis and scatter plot to your submission in D2L.

(3) Write up the results in APA style (see Chapter 9). Upload yourwrite-up in a Word document to your submission in D2Lby the due date and time listed in the Class Schedule. If you prefer, you may type your write-up in the "Comments" box in the assignment function in D2L.

*When constructing a scatterplot, the Independent Variable is placed on the X (horizontal) axis and the Dependent Variable is placed on the Y (vertical) axis. However, for this assignment, there isn't any basis regarding which variable (im, sde) is the Independent Variable or which variable is the Dependent Variable. Therefore, it doesn't matter which variable is plotted on the X or Y axis.