If We Reject the Null Hypothesis,H₀: ρ = 0 ,What

question 65

Multiple Choice

If we reject the null hypothesis,H₀: ρ = 0 ,what can we conclude about the population correlation coefficient?

• A)It is zero.
• B)It could be zero.
• C)It is not zero.
• D)It equals the computed sample correlation.

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