Question

Consider your work environment, domain of interest, or everyday life, and identify two variables that are positively correlated and two variables that are negatively correlated. Explain why your correlation examples are positive and negative

Answer 1

I am an assistant training manager at XYAB corporation which is a manufacturer of various kinds of heavy equipments and machines. My roles are to design training modules to shop floor workers and other people. I am also involved in scheduling and resource acquisition to display my duties and responsibilities.  

I have observed two such variables which are positively correlated to each other. These are work performance and training imparted. A worker getting training and skill development activities from my organization shows better performance results. A regular training interventions lead to successful career development to them . Training helps in fullfilling the gaps of work related knowledge and capabilities among workers.

Two variables which are negatively correlated :

When we have reduced the incentives, workers agitations and indisciplines at workplace has increased significantly. There was an inverse relationship between these two set of variables. Getting a low incentive generally increases the dissatisfaction among employees. It causes the above inverse relationship.