Explain to someone who knows no statistics what r029 and p

Explain to someone who knows no statistics what r=0.29 and p<0.05 means in relation between a firm handshake and interview ratings.

Solution

Since the P - value, p < 0.05,the statement r = 0.29 is not correct at 5 % level of significance.

i.e., with 95% probability one can say that the correlation coefficient r is other than 0.29