Interpreting the Results of Spearman’s Rho

• How many couples were involved in the study?

  12 couples
• What was the purpose of the study?

  To see if couples are similar in attractiveness
• How many individual photos were rated in the study?

  24 individual photos
• What was the rating scale used for attractiveness?

  Out of 20
• Why were the photos placed in random order?

  To prevent bias in ratings
• What type of hypothesis was used in the study?

  A directional hypothesis
• What was the calculated value of Rho?

  0.35
• What does N represent in the context of this study?

  The number of pairs of scores
• What is the value of N in this study?

  12
• What is the critical value of Rho at the 5% level for a one-tailed test?

  0.503
• What does it mean if the calculated value of Rho is not significant?

  The null hypothesis is accepted
• What conclusion can be drawn from the findings of the study?

  No significant positive correlation exists
• What are the critical values of Rho for a one-tailed test at different levels of significance?

  • 0.05: 0.503
  • 0.025: 0.587
• What are the critical values of Rho for a two-tailed test at different levels of significance?

  • 0.10: 0.10
  • 0.05: 0.05
• What is the significance level for a one-tailed test in this study?

  0.05
• What is the significance level for a two-tailed test in this study?

  0.10
• What is the critical value of Rho for N=12 at the 5% level?

  0.503
• What is the critical value of Rho for N=12 at the 0.025 level?

  0.587