Correlation Assignment

Correlation Assignment

MOHA 570

Part One Instructions: A healthcare researcher would like to answer the following research question: Is there a correlation between occupancy rate and percent of residents with catheters? Using what you’ve read about correlations in Field, a null and alternate hypothesis for this research question. Using the SPSS-generated output box provided below, compose an APA-formatted results interpretation paragraph.

Correlations
	OccRate	cathedres
OccRate	Pearson Correlation	1	-.100*
	Sig. (2-tailed)		.046
	N	400	400
cathedres	Pearson Correlation	-.100*	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	.046
	N	400	400
*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

H1:

H0:

Results and Interpretation:

Part Two Instructions: Use the Excel file provided in Canvas to calculate the correlation coefficient between total hospital expenditures and obesity rate. Paste the coefficient and interpretation here. (formulas > more functions > statistical > correl OR data > data analysis (may be an add in) > correlation).