Description: Salary figures recorded for recent associate professors working at Universities in the US. Variables: • University - University where the professor is employed. Status – type of University (Public or Private) Gender – sex that the professor identifies as. Salary - 9 month salary (in thousands) of associate professors that are currently employed. Research Question*: Do associate professors 9 month salaries differ by gender? How so?
Correlation
Correlation defines a relationship between two independent variables. It tells the degree to which variables move in relation to each other. When two sets of data are related to each other, there is a correlation between them.
Linear Correlation
A correlation is used to determine the relationships between numerical and categorical variables. In other words, it is an indicator of how things are connected to one another. The correlation analysis is the study of how variables are related.
Regression Analysis
Regression analysis is a statistical method in which it estimates the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variable. In simple terms dependent variable is called as outcome variable and independent variable is called as predictors. Regression analysis is one of the methods to find the trends in data. The independent variable used in Regression analysis is named Predictor variable. It offers data of an associated dependent variable regarding a particular outcome.
![Description: Salary figures recorded for recent associate professors working at
Universities in the US.
Variables:
University - University where the professor is employed.
Status – type of University (Public or Private)
Gender – sex that the professor identifies as.
Salary - 9 month salary (in thousands) of associate professors that are
currently employed.
Research Question*: Do associate professors 9 month salaries differ
by gender? How so?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F3a635735-95d3-44e8-ac8f-77d69c434691%2Fc34c5510-db5f-4fa2-ae86-69b282cb4ded%2Fgaad2rf_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
![University
Status
Gender
Salary
18 Yale
Private
Female
113.3
19 Bryant
Private
Male
119.6
20 Bryant
Private
Female
107.6
21 PennState
Public
Male
122.9
22 PennState
Public
Female
113.7
23 UCBerkeley
Public
Male
113.6
24 UCBerkeley
Public
Female
100.9
25 UTDallas
Public
Male
113.1
26 UTDallas
Public
Female
102.6
27 SouthFlorida
Public
Male
111.8
28 SouthFlorida
Public
Female
74.1
29 UCLA
Public
Male
110.7
30 UCLA
Public
Female
105.3
31 Rutgers
Public
Male
109.1
32 Rutgers
Public
Female
113.9
33 Michigan
Public
Male
104.9
34 Michigan
Public
Female
98.9
35 UNC
Public
Male
96.6
36 UNC
Public
Female
94.1
37 Umass-Amherst Public
Male
101.8
38 Umass-Amherst Public
Female
93.7
39 Ukansas
Public
Male
83.9
40 Ukansas
Public
Female
76.8](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F3a635735-95d3-44e8-ac8f-77d69c434691%2Fc34c5510-db5f-4fa2-ae86-69b282cb4ded%2F36sga5a_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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