Exam 1

  1. Metainformation

    Tag Value
    fileInferential_Statistics_vufsw-correlation-1352-en_vufsw-correlation-1352-en
    namevufsw-correlation-1352-en
    sectiondescriptive statistics/summary statistics/bivariate statistics/correlation
    typeschoice
    solutionTRUE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE
    Typeinterpreting output
    ProgramNA
    LanguageEnglish
    Levelstatistical thinking

    Question

    Some whatsapp users can no longer leave their whatsapp alone; for them it has become compulsive behaviour. This is possibly related to the feeling of not wanting to miss anything, or the ‘fear-of-missing-out’ (FOMO). The data file of Esam, Groot, Smits and Verhelst (2016) was collected to investigate this relationship. The data were collected via an online survey among 204 respondents.

    In the partial correlation matrix below, including zero-order correlations, we examined whether there is a relationship between compulsive Whatsapp use and ‘fear-of-missing-out’ and whether this relationship changes when holding the influence of educational level constant. The variables Y = COMPULSIVE (a higher score means more compulsive whatsapp use), X = FOMO (a higher score means a stronger feeling of ‘fear-of-missing-out’), and the third variable is EDUCATION (level of education: a higher score means a higher level of education).

    If you round off the correlations to two decimal places, which causal model applies to the results of the analysis?


    1. TRUE:
    2. FALSE:
    3. FALSE:
    4. FALSE:

    1. True
    2. False
    3. False
    4. False