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Your Research Hypothesis Is That There Is a Positive Correlation

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Your research hypothesis is that there is a positive correlation between a person's years of schooling (EDUC) and their mother's years of schooling (MAEDUC) . Based on the following output, the sample results are consistent with the _____, the significance level is _____, and the null hypothesis is _____.
Correlations
 EDUC  MAEDUC  PAEDUC  SPEDUC  EDUC  Pearson Correlation 1.111.261.120 Sig. (2-tailed)  .234.007433 N12211610745 MAEDUC  Pearson Correlation .1111.356.013 Sig. (2-tailed)  .234.000.931 N11611610444 PAEDUC  Pearson Correlation .261.3561.030 Sig. (2-tailed)  .007.000.847 N10710410743 SPEDUC  Pearson Correlation .120.013.0301 Sig. (2-tailed)  .433.931.847 N45444345\begin{array}{|ll|r|r|r|r|}\hline & &{\text { EDUC }} & \text { MAEDUC } & \text { PAEDUC } & \text { SPEDUC } \\\hline \text { EDUC } & \text { Pearson Correlation } & 1 & -.111 & .261^{*} & .120 \\& \text { Sig. (2-tailed) } & & .234 & .007 & 433 \\& \mathrm{~N} & 122 & 116 & 107 & 45 \\\hline \text { MAEDUC } & \text { Pearson Correlation } & -.111 & 1 & .356^{*} & .013 \\& \text { Sig. (2-tailed) } & .234 & & .000 & .931 \\& \mathrm{~N} & 116 & 116 & 104 & 44 \\\hline \text { PAEDUC } & \text { Pearson Correlation } & .261^{*} & .356^{*} & 1 & .030 \\& \text { Sig. (2-tailed) } & .007 & .000 & & .847 \\& \mathrm{~N} & 107 & 104 & 107 & 43 \\\hline \text { SPEDUC } & \text { Pearson Correlation } & .120 & .013 & .030 & 1 \\& \text { Sig. (2-tailed) } & .433 & .931 & .847 & \\& \mathrm{~N} & 45 & 44 & 43 & 45 \\\hline\end{array}
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.010.01 level (2-tailed) .


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