Chapter 14:Making Use of Associative Tests

• What is associative analysis?When is it used?
• Know the definition of the four relationships (nonmonotonic, monotonic, linear, curvilinear) and be able to recognize examples.
• Know the three characteristics of relationships and the definition of each.
• What is the purpose of a cross-tabulation and chi-square test, what is the null hypothesis, what does the chi-square value mean and what else must the researcher do if the value indicates a relationship exists.What are the SPSS commands?
• What is the purpose of the correlation coefficient?What is the range of the value and how does the researcher evaluate the value?Be able to analyze an example correlation coefficient.
• What types of variables does the Pearson product moment correlation test?Know the SPSS commands and understand the output - what value does the researcher analyze first, what is the null hypothesis, when does the researcher reject the null? If a relationship is established statistically, what value does the researcher analyze second and what is the interpretation of the value?
• Understand the interpretation of different scatter diagrams.