A Manager Wishes to Determine the Relationship Between the Number $\alpha$

question 4

Essay

A manager wishes to determine the relationship between the number of miles (in hundreds of miles)the
managerʹs sales representatives travel per month and the amount of sales (in thousands of dollars)per month.
Test the significance of the correlation coefficient using α $\alpha$ = 0.01 and the claim ρ $\mathrm { Q } = 0$ $$\begin{array} { l | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \text { Miles traveled, x } & 5 & 6 & 13 & 10 & 11 & 18 & 6 & 4 & 14 \\\hline \text { Sales, y } & 33 & 35 & 80 & 64 & 67 & 63 & 50 & 57 & 122\end{array}$$

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