Use the Following Data Set and Conduct a Two-Tailed Test $\alpha$

question 26

Essay

Use the following data set and conduct a two-tailed test of significance on the Pearson r.Use $\alpha$ = .05.
a.What are your null and alternative hypotheses?
b.What are your degrees of freedom?
c.What is the critical value?
d.Calculate the Pearson r
e.What do you conclude? $\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline {\text { Study A }} \\\hline X & Y \\\hline 2 & 8 \\\hline 5 & 4 \\\hline 8 & 2 \\\hline 4 & 5 \\\hline 5 & 4 \\\hline 6 & 5 \\\hline 1 & 9 \\\hline 6 & 5 \\\hline 3 & 6 \\\hline\end{array}$

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