A Hypothesis Test That a Rank Correlation Coefficient Is Zero

question 22

Multiple Choice

A hypothesis test that a rank correlation coefficient is zero is conducted at the 5% level of significance. If the correlation coefficient is 0.50 for a sample of 15 observations,what is the computed value of the t-statistic?

• A)0.456
• B)6.08
• C)2.082
• D)2.2361

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