When Testing the Significance of the Correlation Coefficient,the Null Hypothesis

question 20

Multiple Choice

When testing the significance of the correlation coefficient,the null hypothesis is usually that in the population,the true correlation

• A)is less than 1.
• B)is zero.
• C)is greater than the actual correlation.
• D)is less than the actual correlation.

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