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The Pearsons Correlation -- Analysis of the Linear Relationship Between Two Quantitative Variables Application: To test for a linear relationship between two quantitative variables. It is important to remember that Pearsons correlation only provides information about the direction and strength of the linear relationship between the two variables. If the research hypothesis involves some other pattern of relationship (i.e., curvilinear), then some other statistical analysis will be necessary. Fortunately, researchers are usually interested in linear relationships between variables, so this is a very useful statistical test. H0: The variables do not have a linear relationship in the population represented by the sample. To reject H0: is to say that there is a linear relationship between the variables in the population. The data: The quantitative variables for this analysis are fishnum (number of fish displayed) and fishgood (rating of fish quality on a 1-10 scale). 32,6 41,5 31,3 38,3 21,7 13,9 17,9 22,8 24,6 11,9 17,7 20,8 Research Hypothesis: Knowing that store owners are often over-worked, the researcher hypothesized that stores with fewer fish would have healthier fish (thus predicting a negative or inverse relationship between these variables in this population). H0: for this analysis: There is no linear relationship between the number of fish displayed in pet stores and the quality rating of the fish. Assemble the data for analysis. Rearrange the data so that scores from each subject are in the appropriate columns, one for each variable. One of these variables is labeled X and one Y, to simplify the presentation and use of the formulas below. fishnum fishgood X Y 32 6 41 5 31 3