Exercise 8.5 An educational scientist wants to examine the correlation between years of education and job satisfaction. To address this question, the scientist recruits a group of participants and has each complete a self-administered survey; the first question asks how many years of education the participant has (e.g., 12 = high school diploma, 14 = associate’s degree, 16 = bachelor’s degree, 18 = master’s degree). The remaining questions consist of the Acme Job Satisfaction Index (AJSI), which produces a score between 0 and 60 (0 = very unsatisfied with job, 60 = very satisfied with job).

Data set: Ch 08 - Exercise 05A.sav Codebook Variable: yearsed Definition: Number of years of education Type: Continuous Variable: ajsi Definition: Acme Job Satisfaction Index score Type: Continuous (0 = very unsatisfied with job, 60 = very satisfied with job)

1. Write the hypotheses.

2. Run the criteria of the pretest checklist (normality [for both variables], linearity, homoscedasticity) and discuss your findings.

3. Run the bivariate correlation, scatterplot with regression line, and descriptive statistics for both variables and document your findings (r and Sig. [p value], ns, means, standard deviations) and hypothesis resolution.

4. Write an abstract up to 200 words detailing a summary of the study, the bivariate correlation, hypothesis resolution, and implications of your findings.