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8.5 Try It! Exercises
1. Correlations among Affiliation needs, Dominance needs, Masculinity & Femininity
In the chapter example we exmined relationships between masculinity/femininity and task/social skills. Are there also relationships between masculinity/femininity and need for dominance and need for affiliation? Use the Pearson correlation procedure described in Section 8.2 to generate a correlation matrix of the variables, Affiliation Needs (naff), Dominance Needs (ndom), masctot and femtot.
- In the Bivariate Correlations dialog window, move the above four variables from the left pane to the Variables: pane on the right.
- Make sure
Note that the default Pearson is checked for the desired correlation, Two-tailed is selected for the test of significance, and the Flag significant correlations option is checked.
- Click the OK button. The requested correlation matrix will appear in an Output Viewer window.
- Print your output file to submit to your instructor.
- Write an intepretation of the results to submit to your instructor. Follow the example in Section 8.3, stating your conclusions:
- Intepret the Pearson r values; remember to state which variables are significantly related and which ones are unrelated.
- State the degree and direction of relationship among those correlations that are significant (p less than or equal to .05).
- Write a statement explaining these patterns of relationships. That is, how might these patterns be explained in terms of social stereotypes about femininity, masculinity, need for affiliation and need for dominance?
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