Question

A random sample of two variables, x and y, produced the following observations:


x y
19 7
13 9
17 8
9 11
12 9
25 6
20 7
17 8

Test to determine whether the population correlation coefficient is negative. Use a significance level of 0.05 for the hypothesis test.

A) Because t = -4.152 < -1.9432, reject the null hypothesis. Because the null hypothesis is rejected, the sample data does support the hypothesis that there is a negative linear relationship between x and y.

B) Because t = -4.152 < -1.9432, do not reject the null hypothesis. Because the null hypothesis is not rejected, the sample data support the hypothesis that there is a negative linear relationship between x and y.

C) Because t = -9.895 < -1.9432, reject the null hypothesis. Because the null hypothesis is rejected, the sample data does support the hypothesis that there is a negative linear relationship between x and y.

D) Because t = -9.895 < -1.9432, do not reject the null hypothesis. Because the null hypothesis is not rejected, the sample data support the hypothesis that there is a negative linear relationship between x and y.

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