$$\text { Test the significance of the correlation coefficient } \mathrm { r } \text { at } \ddagger = .05 \text { for the data }$$

question 37

Multiple Choice

$$\text { Test the significance of the correlation coefficient } \mathrm { r } \text { at } \ddagger = .05 \text { for the data }$$ below
$\begin{array}{lcccc}\text { X values } & -6 & -1 & 1 & 4 \\\text { Y values } & 2 & -1 & -2 & -2\end{array}$

• A) Do not reject -= 0 because -4.31 < 3.18
• B) Reject -= 0 because -3.99 > 3.18
• C) Do not reject -= 0 because -3.99 > -4.30
• D) Reject -= 0 because -4.31 > 2.78

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