Question

Place the steps of conducting a correlation hypothesis test in order.

Match each step on the left with the procedure at that step on the right.

Step

• -abcdefg 1
• -abcdefg 2
• -abcdefg 3
• -abcdefg 4
• -abcdefg 5
• -abcdefg 6
• -abcdefg 7

Todo

1. select a significance level alpha
2. find the value of r (correlation coefficient) from your calculator
3. conclude there is a linear correlation or not sufficient evidence to conclude there is a linear correlation
4. write null and alternative hypotheses
5. compare the absolute value of the test statistic to the critical value
6. reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis
7. find the critical value from the table

Answer 1

Step Todo

1 a. Write null and alternative hypothesis.

2 b. Select a significance level alpha.

3 c. Find the value of r (correlation coefficient) from your calculator.

4 d. Find the critical value from the table.

5 e. Compare the absolute value of the test statistic to the critical value..

6 f. Reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis .

7 g. Conclude there is a linear correlation or not sufficient evidence to conclude there is a

linear correlation.