If the Decision in the Hypothesis Test of the Population

question 140

Multiple Choice

If the decision in the hypothesis test of the population correlation coefficient is to reject the null hypothesis, what can we conclude about the correlation in the population?

• 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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