Pick three of these correlations. Explain what the correlation is telling us in one to three sentences each.

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0*tenpo037 0.03600718364 -0.0905647104
1.) Below is a correlation matrix between nine variables from the National Adult Literacy
Survey: annual earnings (measured in real dollars), occupational prestige (a composite score
measured at the interval-ratio level with higher scores indicating more occupational prestige),
literacy skills (a composite score measured at the interval-ratio level with higher scores
indicating higher literacy skill levels), age (measured in years), job experience (measured in
years of experience in the labor force), educational attainment (an ordinal variable ranging
from less than a high school diploma to a graduate degree), female (a dichotomous variable
where 1 = female and 0 = male), black (a dichotomous variable where 1 = black and 0 = not
black), and Hispanic (a dichotomous variable where 1 = Hispanic and 0 = non-Hispanic).
Pick three of these correlations. Explain what the correlation is telling us in one to three
sentences each.
prestige
literacy
dage
educ3
female
black
hispne
annearn
exper
1.0000000000
0.4127987859
annearn
prestige
literacy
dage
1.0000000000
0.4745039640 1.0000000000
1.0000000000
0.0232510806 -0.1009008704 -0.2551983793
0.9686240943
1.0000000000
exper
educ3
female
0.3672837293 0.5764024872 0.5294487342 -0.0176796145 -0.2186667614
1.0000000000
0.0107380644 0.0089754107 -0.0294760252 1.0000000000
-0.2651947776 -0.0055955061 0.0119276576
black
-0.1024655147 -0.1260819877 -0.2877469226 -0.0229200855 -0.0003328803 -0.1020146418 0.0681217431
1.0000000000
hispne
-0.0997733694 -0.1470247803 -0.3719715848 -0.0684675186 0.0058084409 -0.1743992735 -0.0275523504 -0.1435955469
1.0000000000
Transcribed Image Text:0*tenpo037 0.03600718364 -0.0905647104 1.) Below is a correlation matrix between nine variables from the National Adult Literacy Survey: annual earnings (measured in real dollars), occupational prestige (a composite score measured at the interval-ratio level with higher scores indicating more occupational prestige), literacy skills (a composite score measured at the interval-ratio level with higher scores indicating higher literacy skill levels), age (measured in years), job experience (measured in years of experience in the labor force), educational attainment (an ordinal variable ranging from less than a high school diploma to a graduate degree), female (a dichotomous variable where 1 = female and 0 = male), black (a dichotomous variable where 1 = black and 0 = not black), and Hispanic (a dichotomous variable where 1 = Hispanic and 0 = non-Hispanic). Pick three of these correlations. Explain what the correlation is telling us in one to three sentences each. prestige literacy dage educ3 female black hispne annearn exper 1.0000000000 0.4127987859 annearn prestige literacy dage 1.0000000000 0.4745039640 1.0000000000 1.0000000000 0.0232510806 -0.1009008704 -0.2551983793 0.9686240943 1.0000000000 exper educ3 female 0.3672837293 0.5764024872 0.5294487342 -0.0176796145 -0.2186667614 1.0000000000 0.0107380644 0.0089754107 -0.0294760252 1.0000000000 -0.2651947776 -0.0055955061 0.0119276576 black -0.1024655147 -0.1260819877 -0.2877469226 -0.0229200855 -0.0003328803 -0.1020146418 0.0681217431 1.0000000000 hispne -0.0997733694 -0.1470247803 -0.3719715848 -0.0684675186 0.0058084409 -0.1743992735 -0.0275523504 -0.1435955469 1.0000000000
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For Prestige and annual earnings:

The correlation between Prestige and annual earnings is 0.4128. The value of correlation is in between 0.2 to 0.8 indicating that there is moderate positive linear relationship between two variables Prestige and annual earnings.

For age and job experience:

The correlation between age and job experience is 0.9686. The value of correlation is closer to 1 indicating that there is strong positive linear relationship between two variables age and job experience.

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