Question

3. It is well known that similarity in attitudes, beliefs, and interests plays an important role in interpersonal attraction. Suppose a research developed a questionnaire that measures how liberal or conservative one’s attitudes are. Low scores means the person is more liberal, high scores indicate conservative attitudes. Below is hypothetical data from married couples.

Couple	Wife	Husband
A	11	14
B	6	7
C	16	15
D	4	7
E	1	3
F	10	9
G	3	6
H	5	9
I	3	8
J	12	15
K	4	5

Calculate the Pearson’s r for the wives and husbands

Answer 1

r= 0.9141