Do two different methods of scoring (exact word and acceptable word) CLOZE tests change student ranking? To answer this question, a researcher tests 30 Chinese-speaking learners of L2 English at an intensive English program. The researcher scores the tests twice (percent correct), once using the acceptable-word method and once using the exact-word method. The researcher then determines if a correlation exists.

Create an ASCII datafile using Notepad. Save the file as "c3.txt." Use SPSS to read your ASCII file and then save it as an SPSS data file.

Data file: dfstudy3.sav
Variables: EXACT, ACCEPT

EXACT  ACCEPT
   12     56
   44     58
   10     48
   18     52
   22     58
   24     64
   16     38
   14     40
   18     50
   20     56
   18     50
   22     60
   24     54
   12     34
   6      30
   14     30
   26     60
   24     46
   24     48
   28     68
   30     76
   26     50
   24     48
   26     44
   20     48
   18     20
   8      32
   20     48
   16     42
   28     60

Answer the following question:

1. What kind of data are in the two variables (nominal, ordinal, or interval)?