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

a.) Yes. There will be a positive correlations since if the customer is satisfied he would visit the bank often.

b.) No. Since length of employment would depend on job satisfaction.

c.) Yes. As if the employee is satisfied with his work and salary he wouldn\'t want to change or leave the job.

d.Yes. Because if the employee productivity is high performance evaluating score will also be high.