A Recent Study of 15 Shoppers Showed That the Correlation

question 11

Multiple Choice

A recent study of 15 shoppers showed that the correlation between the time spent in the store and the dollars spent was 0.235. Using a significance level equal to 0.05, which of the following is the appropriate null hypothesis to test whether the population correlation is zero?

• A) H0 : r = 0.0
• B) H0 : ρ = 0.0
• C) H0 : μ = 0.0
• D) H0 : ρ ≠ 0

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