Can you compute Pearsons r in each of the following situatio

Can you compute Pearson’s r in each of the following situations? Why or why not?

a Customer satisfaction ratings (‘great’ or ‘bad’) vs total visits each month

b Length of employment in months vs gender

c Length of employment vs employee satisfaction ratings (survey: 1–5)

d Employee productivity (survey: 1–5) vs performance evaluation score (1–10)

Solution

Can you compute Pearson’s r in each of the following situations? Why or why not?

a Customer satisfaction ratings (‘great’ or ‘bad’) vs total visits each month

Pearson’s r is not appropriate because satisfaction ratings is a categorical variable.

b Length of employment in months vs gender

Pearson’s r is not appropriate because gender is a categorical variable.

c Length of employment vs employee satisfaction ratings (survey: 1–5)

we can calculate Pearson’s r because both are continuous variables.

d Employee productivity (survey: 1–5) vs performance evaluation score (1–10)

we can calculate Pearson’s r because both are continuous variables.