QUESTION:Using the Physician Fear of Litigation 981 data file, determine whether beliefs about controlling risk of injury (RISKBEL8) influence a physician's fears of being sued for malpractice (FEARLIT7).Answer the following steps displayed.

Step 1:Test the hypothesis that those physicians who strongly believe that they can manage the risks of incurring malpractice suits express less fear of malpractice litigation.

Step 2:Report on the correlation between the two variables (Pearson's r, direction, strength):

Step 3:Report the regression slope (unstandardized beta coefficient) and its p-value. Is there a relationship between the two variables?

FORMULA FOR REGRESSION LINE

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SPSS Table results: