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Westartby
enteringthe
dataofthe
examsscoresof
the10firstyear
psychology
students(Bookp
283).Thefirst
columnshows
thescoreson
theStatsexam;
thesecond
thoseofthe
Social
Psychology
exam.
Althoughitistemptingtobuildthecompleteauxiliarytablewiththevariousequations(please,feelfreetodoso!),well
limitourselvestothebuiltinfunctiontocalculatePearsonproductmomentcorrelations.
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ActivateCellE1
(orwhichever
cellinwhichyou
wanttohave
your
correlation).
Clickonfxto
openthe
functionpanelof
Excel:
Selectthe
functionCORREL
fromthe
Statistical
functions.Click
onOK.
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EnterA1:A10in
thefirstentry
boxandB1:B10
inthesecond
(tip:youcan
easilydothisby
puttingyour
cursorinthe
entryboxand
thengoingwith
themouseover
thecellswhile
keepingtheleft
keypressed).
ThenclickOK.
Thisgivesyou
thecorrelation
valueof.4508
(checkwiththe
solutiononp.
284ofthebook)
Tocalculatetheinterceptandtheregressionweightoftheregressionline,wecanagainmakeuseoftheformulas
describedinthebookormakeuseofthebuiltinExcelfunctions.Wedemonstratethelatter(please,feelfreetomakeyour
ownfilewithalltherelevantinformation!).
Selectthe
function
INTERCEPTfrom
theStatistical
library.
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EnterB1:B10in
theboxasking
forknown_ys
(thevaluesthat
havetobe
predicted)and
A1:A10inthe
boxaskingfor
known_xs(the
valuesthatare
usedas
predictors).
ThenclickonOK
Thisgivesyou
thevalueofthe
intercept:
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Tofindthevalue
oftheslopeof
theregression
line,usethe
functionSLOPE
Thisgivesyou
therequired
value(cf.p284):
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Inaddition,we
maywantto
haveascatter
plotofthedata.
Forthis,gowith
thecursortoCell
E7(orso)and
clickonInsert
andScatter:
Choosethe
scatterplot:
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ClickonSelect
Data.
Activateall
numbersbothin
columnAandB
bygoingover
themwiththe
mouse(left
buttonpressed
in).StartinCell
A1andgotoCell
B10.Thenclick
onOK:
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Thisgivesyou
thedesiredplot,
eventhoughthe
valuesonthe
axismaynotbe
optimal:
Tochangethis
activatetheaxis
youwantto
changebyleft
clickingonit.
Thenclickonthe
rightmouse
buttontosee
thefollowing
panel:
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SelectFormat
Axisandadjust
theminimum
andmaximum
valuetodesired
values:
Thendothe
samefortheY
axis:
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Whichwillgive
youthe
following
picture,inwhich
youcanthen
addaxislabels,
titles,etc
Youcanalsotry
outdifferent
ChartLayouts.
Toaddthe
regressionline,
activatethedots
ofthescatter
plotbyclicking
ononeofthem.
Thenclickonthe
rightmouse
buttontoget
thefollowing
panel,from
whichyouselect
AddTrendline.
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Withabitof
editingyoumay
getsomethingas
follows:
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