Are there any significant associationbetween students’ spatial reasoning ability and verbal ability?Note: Verbal ability scores are the ranks.
(Use Data A)
- Compute the statistic needed to answer the researchquestion. Tip: Use Spearman rho and make a decision.
ID | Spatial Reasoning (Mark) | Mathematical Ability (Mark) | Verbal ability (Rank) |
1 | 85 | 133 | 2 |
2 | 79 | 106 | 1 |
3 | 75 | 113 | 3 |
4 | 69 | 105 | 9 |
5 | 59 | 88 | 4 |
6 | 76 | 107 | 15 |
7 | 84 | 124 | 8 |
8 | 60 | 76 | 7 |
9 | 62 | 88 | 6 |
10 | 67 | 112 | 5 |
11 | 77 | 90 | 11 |
12 | 50 | 70 | 14 |
13 | 76 | 99 | 13 |
14 | 63 | 96 | 12 |
15 | 72 | 103 | 10 |
Research Question 3: Are there any significant associationbetween students’ mathematics achievement and science achievementcontrolling for verbal ability? Use Data B.
- Compute the statistic needed to answer the research question.[2 pt]
Data B. Intercorrelation Among Variables
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
- Mathematics Achievement
| -- | | |
- Science Achievement
| 0.71 | -- | |
- Verbal ability
| 0.65 | 0.46 | -- |
