SPSS: Correlation
Assignment Overview
By successfully completing this assignment, you demonstrate your proficiency in the following competency and specialized behaviors:
Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice.
C4.SP.A: Apply leadership skills, decision making, and the use of technology to inform evidence-based research practice to develop, implement, evaluate, and communicate interventions across the specialization of advanced generalist practice settings.
Related Assignment Criteria:
1: Devise accurate SPSS datasets.
3: Describe and report the statistical method or test outcomes using the appropriate statistical method or test.
C4.SP.B: Apply leadership skills, decision making, and the use of technology to inform program evaluation to develop, implement, evaluate, and communicate interventions across the specialization of advanced generalist practice settings.
Related Assignment Criteria:
2: Develop appropriate statistical tests and reports that assist in program evaluation.
4: Apply critical thinking in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology.
Assignment Scenario
Your community wants to open an adult daycare center. You have located the Farrel Foundation, which would like to fund start-up grants for daycare programs. This foundation’s research demonstrates a correlation between depression and length of time in a skilled nursing facility. A group of community residents feel that an adult daycare would allow the aging population to stay with their families while using the supplemental daycare services. You are asked to confirm the correlation between depression and length of stay in nursing homes in an effort to provide community options. Nursing home residents were asked to complete the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), which is a 15-item scale (a 15 represents a high level of depression).
Using the data in the Unit 4 Dataset (See Attachment), given in the resources, test whether length of stay in a nursing home and depression are related at a .05 level of significance.
Assignment Instructions
For this assignment, respond to the following prompts in a one-page, APA-formatted paper.
Based on the value of the correlation coefficient, explain whether there is a significant relationship between length of stay and depression.
Based on the SPSS output, state the following factors:
Sample size.
Correlation coefficient.
Significance (2-tailed).
Based on the correlation coefficient and given the value of r, provide a narrative conclusion:
How might you explain the result of this correlation test?
What other data might you analyze to advocate for an adult daycare in the community, if your finding is not statistically significant?
Be sure to attach the Unit 4 Dataset (See Attachment), given in the resources.
Additional Requirements
Your assignment should meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards.
Length of paper: One double-spaced page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.