The Data Below Are the Final Exam Scores of 10 $\alpha = 0.05$

question 68

Essay

The data below are the final exam scores of 10 randomly selected statistics students and the number of hours
they studied for the exam. Test the significance of the correlation coefficient using α $\alpha = 0.05$ and the claim ρ $Q = 0 \text {. }$ $$\begin{array} { l | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \text { Hours, } \mathrm { x } & 4 & 6 & 3 & 9 & 3 & 5 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 4 \\\hline \text { Scores, } y & 67 & 82 & 62 & 90 & 68 & 80 & 87 & 92 & 92 & 73\end{array}$$

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