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Is the relationship statistically significant or not? If the significance value (symbol when reporting in text is p), is above .05 (i.e., p > .05), it is not significant. If the relationship is not significant, it means that there is essentially no relationship between the variables that is worth considering
further.
What is the direction of the relationship? This is indicated by the presence of the minus sign before the Pearson Correlation result (symbol for reporting this in text is r). So, for Spirituality and Binding morality the relationship is positive and significant (r = .44, p < .001), and the relationship
between Naturalism and Binding morality is negative and significant (r = -.25, p < .001).
You can also comment on the strength of the relationship. As a general rule of thumb (and there are slightly different guidelines on this depending on who you read):
If the Pearson’s r correlation value is:
- .70 or more: a strong linear relationship
- .40 to .60: a moderate strength linear relationship
- .10 to .30: a weak linear relationship
- .10 or less: no linear relationship
You will need to interpret the correlations specific to spirituality and naturalism yourself. This is extremely important as these results are directly relevant to your hypotheses. As an example of what’s expected in terms of plain language description, the relationships between Binding morality
and Subjective Happiness are described next. You will not need to talk about this relationship in your assignment as it is not relevant to your hypotheses:
- There was a significant weak positive relationship between binding morality and subjective happiness, indicating that higher scores on binding morality were associated with increased subjective happiness.