Suppose you were interested in conducting a study examining…
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Suppоse yоu were interested in cоnducting а study exаmining how rаtings of similarity between oneself and another person were related to how attracted one is to the other person. You conduct this study by giving participants a description of a person named “Sarah.” Participants are asked to read the description and then rate on a scale from 1 to 10 how similar Sarah is to themselves (X). You also ask each participant to rate on a scale from 1 to 20 how likeable they think Sarah is (Y). The data from five participants is presented below. Individual X Y 1 10 5 2 7 11 3 7 17 4 3 1 5 3 17 What is the correlation coefficient between similarity (X) and likability (Y)? **Report your answer to 4 decimal places.