Objectives

Know how to graph and explore associations in data Understand the basis of statistical summaries of association (e.g. variance, covariance, Pearson's r) Be able to calculate correlations and simple linear regressions using SPSS/PASW Understand the formula for the regression line and why it is useful See the application of these techniques in education research (and perhaps your own research!)

 

Start Module 2: Simple Linear Regression Get started with the basics of regression analysis.

 

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This Module is also available as a downloadable PDF for those of you who prefer to read from a page. You do miss out on the glossary and some of the site's more interactive features though... Module 2: Simple Linear Regression

 

Contents

 

2.1 Overview

2.2 Association 

2.3 Correlation

2.4 Correlation Coefficients 

2.5 Simple Linear Regression

2.6 Assumptions 

2.7 Using SPSS for Simple Linear Regression part 1 - running the analysis

2.8 Using SPSS for Simple Linear Regression part 2 - interpretting the output

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