Question

The accompanying data have a sample correlation coefficient, rounded to three decimal places, of -0.160. Perform a hypothesis test with the data to determine if the population correlation coefficient ? is less than zero using ? = 0.01. x 8 6 3 4 4 y 7 10 11 6 6 What are the correct null and alternative hypotheses? A. H0: ? ? 0 H1: ? > 0 B. H0: ? = 0 H1: ? ? 0 C. H0: ? ? 0 H1: ? < 0 D. H0: ? ? 0 H1: ? = 0

          The accompanying data have a sample correlation coefficient, rounded to three decimal places, of -0.160. Perform a hypothesis test with the data to determine if the population correlation coefficient ? is less than zero using ? = 0.01.

x 8 6 3 4 4
y 7 10 11 6 6

What are the correct null and alternative hypotheses?

A. H0: ? ? 0
H1: ? > 0
B. H0: ? = 0
H1: ? ? 0
C. H0: ? ? 0
H1: ? < 0
D. H0: ? ? 0
H1: ? = 0

The accompanying data have a sample correlation coefficient, rounded to three decimal places, of -0.160. Perform a hypothesis test with the data to determine if the population correlation coefficient ? is less than zero using ? = 0.01.

x 8 6 3 4 4
y 7 10 11 6 6

What are the correct null and alternative hypotheses?

A. H0: ? ? 0
H1: ? > 0
B. H0: ? = 0
H1: ? ? 0
C. H0: ? ? 0
H1: ? < 0
D. H0: ? ? 0
H1: ? = 0

Added by Kristi S.

Elementary Statistics a Step by Step Approach

Allan G. Bluman 9th Edition

Instant Answer

Solved by Expert T. L.

05/01/2023

Step 1

Since we are testing if the population correlation coefficient is less than zero, we can write the hypotheses as follows: Null hypothesis (H₀): ρ ≥ 0 Alternative hypothesis (H₁): ρ < 0 Now, we are given the sample correlation coefficient (r) as 0.160 and the Show more…

Show all steps

Thanks for your feedback!

The accompanying data have a sample correlation coefficient, rounded to three decimal places, of -0.160. Perform a hypothesis test with the data to determine if the population correlation coefficient ̑ is less than zero using ̑=0.01. What are the correct null and alternative hypotheses? A. H0: ̑ ≤ 0 H1: ̑ > 0 B. H0: ̑ = 0 H1: ̑ ≠ 0 C. H0: ̑ ≥ 0 H1: ̑ < 0 D. H0: ̑ ≠ 0 H1: ̑ = 0