MEASURES OF CORRELATION

The Grade 10- Night Class having 15 students has been surveyed on the number of hours spent in studying their 60- item examination in Physics. After the examination, their individual scores have been collected. Calculate the correlation value using Pearson Product Correlation and Spearman Rho Correlation. Interpret the relationship between the two variables.

PEARSON PRODUCT CORRELATION

Data on the number of hours spent in studying a 60- item examination in Physics and the scores obtained: X Y XY X Y
6 4 7 52 49 58 40 44 50 47 39 35 40 53 51 45 45 32 Y= 680 36 16 49 4 4 25 9 1 1 1 36 25 16 9 1 X= 233 2704 2401 3364 1600 1936 2500 2209 1521 1225 1600 2809 2601 2025 2025 1024 Y= 31 544 312 196 406 80 88 250 141 39 35 40 318 255 180 135 32 XY= 2 507

X- the number of hours spent in studying

Y- the scores obtained

2 2 5 3 1 1 1 6 5 4 3 1

N= 15

X= 51

COMPUTATION:
rXY= NXY (X) (Y) *NX - (X)+ *NY - (Y)+ 15(2507) (51) (680) *15(233) (51)] [15(31 544) (680)] 37 605 34 680 *3 495 2 601] [473 160 462 400] 2 925 (894) (10 760) 2 925 9 619 440 2 925 3 101.5222 INTERPRETATION:
VERY HIGH CORRELATION

= = = = =

XY

= 0.94

SPEARMAN RHO CORRELATION

Data on the number of hours spent in studying a 60- item examination in Physics and the scores obtained:

x
6 4 7 2 2 5

y
52 49 58 40 44 50

R
2.5 6.5 1 10.5 10.5 4.5

R
3 6 1 11.5 10 5

D
-0.5 0.5 0 -1 0.5 -0.5

D
0.25 0.25 0 1 0.25 0.25

X- the number of hours spent in studying Y- the scores obtained

3
1 1

47
39 35

8.5
13.5 13.5

7
13 14

1.5
0.5 -0.5

2.25
0.25 0.25

1
6 5

40
53 51 45 45 32

13.5
2.5 4.5 6.5 8.5 13.5

11.5
2 4 8.5 8.5 15

2
0.5 0.5 -2 0 -1.5

4
0.25 0.25 4 0 2.25
D= 15.5

N= 15

4 3 1

r=1
s

6 D N - N = 1 - 6(15.5) 15 - 15 = 1 93 3375 15 = 1- 93 3360 = 1 0.0277

INTERPRETATION: VERY HIGH

CORRELATION

= 0. 97

60

50
40 30 20 10 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Scores Obtained

Number of Hours Spent in Studying

70 60

50 Scores
Obtained 40 30 20 10 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Number of Hours Spent in Studying
Series 1

INTERPRETATION OF CORRELATION VALUE

where r= :
0.00 to 0.20 0.21 to 0.40 0.41 to 0.70 0.71 to 0.90 0.91 to 0.99 1.00 negligible correlation low or slight correlation marked/moderate correlation high correlation very high correlation perfect correlation

As we seen in the table presented above, it is observed that the students who spend more time studying for their examination will more likely got higher scores compared to those students who spend less time studying. In short, the number of hours spent in studying for a certain subject affects the scores obtained after examination.

CONCLUSION
WITH THE RESULT OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF HOURS SPENT IN STUDYING FOR AN EXAMINATION WITH THE SCORES OBTAINED, WHICH IS HIGH CORRELATION, WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO VARIABLES. ONE VARIABLE CAN AFFECT THE OTHER VARIABLE. THE NUMBER OF HOURS SPENT IN STUDYING CAN AFFECT THE SCORE FOR AN EXAMINATION.THE LONGER THE HOUR SPENT IN STUDYING, THE HIGHER THE SCORE YOU CAN GET. OTHERWISE, THE SHORTER TIME SPENT IN STUDYING, THE LOWER THE SCORE YOU CAN GET.

LESSON LEARNED:
STUDENTS SHOULD SPENT MORE TIME IN STUDYING THEIR LESSONS SO THAT THEY CAN GET A HIGHER GRADE.

PREPARED BY: SWEN MARIE O. CADELIA BSED II- MATH