For the previous question, determine whether one would accept or reject the null hypothesis that the true correlation is zero.

What will be an ideal response?


As the observed value of rs is 0.955, we can use the t-distribution to find that t = rs
sqrt(n - 1) = 0.976 * sqrt(10 - 1) = 2.928
The significance of this value in a two-tailed t-distribution with n - 1 = 9 df is less than the
critical value of 2.262, so we reject the null hypothesis. The true correlation is not zero.

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