Introduction to SPSS

For our final descriptive procedure, we’ll have a look at the correlation between weight and height.

1. Analyze > Correlate > Bivariate …

2. All you need to do is add the two continuous variables of interest (weight and height) into the “Variables:” box, and click Paste.

3. Run selection in your syntax file and then look at your output:

4. This table gives us the results of our procedure.  It tells us that there is a weak, negative association between height and weight of -0.014, and that it is not statistically significant (p>0.05).