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The question below refers to the following information:
A professor is interested in knowing if the number of absences a student has during the semester is a good indication of how well a student does on the final exam. At the end of the year, the professor compares absence rates and exam grades for eight students. The data she found are as follows:
Is the correlation statistically significant and, if so, at what level?

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