Computing Pearson's Correlation in SPSS

The Pearson's correlation is a measure of the relationship between two variables. In SPSS, you compute it by choosing

Analyze/Correlate/Bivariate...

menu for correlation

Then select the variable(s) you want to correlate and click the arrow button that points to the right.

select variables

This will move the variables into the "variables" column.

correlation selecting

Finally, click "OK." The results are shown below:

correlation results

The syntax for this analysis is:

CORRELATIONS
/VARIABLES=Y1 Y2 Y3
/PRINT=TWOTAIL NOSIG
/MISSING=PAIRWISE.