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Psychological Science and Education
2009. Vol. 14, no. 1, 98–107
ISSN: 1814-2052 / 2311-7273 (online)

Application of correlation analysis in psychology

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L.M. Shishlyannikova

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Abstract

The article describes the use of correlation analysis in psychology. Concept of correlation relationship and its main characteristics are described. The main hypotheses used when applying correlation analysis are discussed. Possibilities of the correlation coefficients application according to the type of scale that was used to measure variables are presented.

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Keywords: correlation, Pearson correlation coefficient, Spearman correlation coefficient, correlation coefficient Kendall, private correlation, biserial correlation coefficient, rank-biserial correlation coefficient

Journal rubric: Interdisciplinary Researches

For citation: Shishlyannikova L.M. Application of correlation analysis in psychology. Psikhologicheskaya nauka i obrazovanie = Psychological Science and Education, 2009. Vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 98–107. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

L. M. Shishlyannikova, Education contents specialist at the Educational Operating Laboratory of Mathematical Models in Psychology and Education, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: Sh-lyubov@yandex.ru

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