Data on civil strife (number of incidents), unemployment, and urbanization have
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Data on civil strife (number of incidents), unemployment, and urbanization have been gathered for 10 nations. Take civil strife as the dependent variable. You find the correlation between strife and unemployment to be .797. You then find the partial correlation coefficient for the relationship between strive (Y) and unemployment (X) while controlling for the effect of urbanization (Z) to be .791. Describe the relationship between strife and unemployment.
a. Based on this data, it appears that the strife and unemployment are connected through urbanization.
b. Based on this data, it appears that the relationship between strife and unemployment is direct.
c. Based on this data, it appears that the relationship between strife and unemployment changes based on urbanization (an interaction is clearly present).
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Answer
b. Based on this data, it appears that the relationship between strife and unemployment is direct.
Explanation:
It is clear that the correlation between strife and unemployment to be .797. Also the partial correlation coefficient for the relationship between strive (Y) and unemployment (X) while controlling for the effect of urbanization (Z) to be .791. It is obvious that there is no significant difference in the correlation coefficients. In other words, urbanization does not have effect on the relationship between strive (Y) and unemployment (X). Hence there is no interaction present and relationship between strife and unemployment is direct.
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