Research Scenario B: A researcher collected data from a group of people 35-55-year-olds to examine the relationship between overall life satisfaction, consumerism and leisure time. Life satisfaction was measured using the Life Satisfaction Inventory (LSI), consumerism was measured by the I Want to Shop Scale (IWSS), and leisure time was measured by the RELAX Scale. A matrix displaying the correlation coefficients for these measures is below, use it to answer questions 9-11.
| Life Satisfaction (LSI) | I Want to Shop (IWSS) | RELAX | |
| Life Satisfaction | -.32 | .25 | |
| I Want to Shop | -.32 | -.12 | |
| RELAX | .25 | -.12 |
9) What is the Pearson’s r correlation coefficient for the relationship between leisure time and consumerism? Discuss the strength of this correlation coefficient.
10) What is the Pearson’s r correlation coefficient for the relationship between life satisfaction and consumerism? Interpret this score discussing both the direction and the strength. Also, discuss what this means in everyday words. (5 points)
11) What is the coefficient of determinism for the relationship between life satisfaction and leisure time. Interpret this number. (4 points)
