Given the Linear Correlation Coefficient $r$ And the Sample Size $n$ , Determine the Critical Values Of

question 22

Multiple Choice

Given the linear correlation coefficient $r$ and the sample size $n$ , determine the critical values of $r$ and use your finding to state whether or not the given $r$ represents a significant linear correlation. Use a significance level of $0.05$ .
$r = 0.767 , n = 25$

• A) Critical values: \(r = \pm 0.487\), significant linear correlation
• B) Critical values: \(r = \pm 0.396\), no significant linear correlation
• C) Critical values: \(r = \pm 0.396\), significant linear correlation
• D) Critical values: \(r = \pm 0.487\), no significant linear correlation

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