It is important to keep in mind that test scores are themselves unreliable to some extent. However, these “part-whole” correlations can be misleadingly small if there is much missing data within the scores making up the composite, and the composite score is not set to missing if it contains missing scores. In general, the correlations of a composite score with the scores from which it is derived tend to be relatively large because of the shared variance of the scores with the composite score. Check the description of missing values for each transformation if you plan to correlate composite scores. A composite score may or may not be missing if one or more of the scores on which it is based is missing. However, ScorePak® does not delete an entire case just because data are missing on one or more scores if you are intercorrelating several scores, test scores for a particular individual will be included in those coefficients for which both scores are present, and excluded from those coefficients for which one or both scores are missing.Ĭomposite scores are created by combining scores using one or more transformation steps.
In computing correlations, ScorePak® includes pairs of observations for which neither test score is missing. Negative or small positive correlations (r<.20) among test scores imply that the composite score may be unreliable. In such applications, moderately-sized positive correlations (r>.30) among scores are desirable. Scores are often weighted and summed to create a composite score which is then used to assign grades. The greater the degree to which the tests are measuring the same thing, the stronger the relationship between them. A negative correlation implies that increases in one are accompanied by decreases in the other.īecause ScorePak® scores are generally test scores, most of the relationships among them can be expected to be positive. A positive correlation implies that increases in the value of one score tend to be accompanied by increases in the other. The direction of the relationship (positive or negative) is indicated by the sign of the coefficient. When there is no linear relationship, the correlation will be 0.00 when there is a perfect linear relationship (one-to-one correspondence between the values of the variables), the correlation will be 1.00 or -1.00. 60 and -.60 are of equal magnitude, and are both larger than a correlation of. The larger the absolute value of the coefficient (the size of the number without regard to the sign) the greater the magnitude of the relationship. Correlations range in magnitude from -1.00 to 1.00. In interpreting correlation coefficients, two properties are important. They reflect the tendency of the variables to “co-vary” that is, for changes in the value of one variable to be associated with changes in the value of the other. Sample Correlation Report (9K PDF) Correlation CoefficientsĬorrelation coefficients index the extent to which two scores are related, and the direction of that relationship. Several matrices will be produced if intercorrelations are requested among more than ten variables. The results are presented within a square correlation matrix of up to ten variables each.
ScorePak® can compute Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficients among any number of scores of any type.
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