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Statistical Significance of a Correlation 1 Running Head: SIGNIFICANCE Testing AND correlations Testing the Statistical Significance of a Correlation R. Michael Furr Wake Forest University Address correspondence to: Mike Furr Department of Psychology Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 2706 336-758-5024 Statistical Significance of a Correlation 2 Testing the Statistical Significance of a Correlation Researchers from Psychology, Education, and other social and behavioral sciences are very concerned with statistical significance. If a researcher conducts a study and finds that the results are statistically significant, then the he or she has greater confidence in the effects revealed by the study. When results are statistically significant, researchers are more likely to believe that the effects are real and not likely to have occurred by chance.
Statistical Significance of a Correlation 1 Running Head: SIGNIFICANCE TESTING AND CORRELATIONS Testing the Statistical Significance of a Correlation
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