Pennsylvania Refining Company is studying the relationship between the pump price of gasoline and the number of gallons sold. For a sample of 20 stations last Tuesday, the correlation was 0.65.
State the decision rule for 0.050 significance level. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)
Compute the value of the test statistic. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)
Can we conclude that the correlation in the population is greater than zero? Use the 0.050 significance level.
1) we test Ho : = 0 Vs Ha : > 0
For a = 0.05 and d.f = n -2 = 18
t1-a , n-2 = t0.95,18 = 1.734
Decision rule : Reject Ho if t > 1.734 , otherwise we fail to Reject Ho
2) Test statistic
t = r*sqrt(n -2)/sqrt [1-r2]
t = 0.65* Sqrt (18)/Sqrt [1-0.652]
t = 3.629
3)
Here t = 1.734 > 3.629 , so we reject the null hypothesis Ho
Yes , we conclude that the correlation in the population is greater than zero
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