Table 12.

Correlation of the question that aims to measure the fear of war (Q4) and the questions measuring the opinion on Romania's NATO membership (Q8) and the presence of the Alliance troops on the Romanian territory (Q9).

Q4 - Are you afraid of a possible war between Romania and the Russian Federation in the near future?
Q8 - To what extent do you feel protected by the fact that Romania is a NATO member state?
Q9 - To what extent do you consider the presence of NATO military capabilities on the territory of our country to be beneficial for Romania's security?
Kendell	Correlation coefficient	0.200	Kendell	Correlation coefficient	−0.200
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.624**		Sig. (2-tailed)	0.624**
Spearman	Corelation coefficient	0.200	Spearman	Correlation coefficient	−0.200
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.747**		Sig. (2-tailed)	0.747**

^**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

For a correlation to be very strong, the correlation coefficient must be as close as possible to 1, and sig. as close as possible to 0.