In: Statistics and Probability
You wish to determine if there is a linear correlation between
the two variables at a significance level of α=0.10α=0.10. You have
the following bivariate data set.
x | y |
---|---|
85.9 | 65.4 |
73.2 | 49.4 |
62.2 | 36.9 |
86.4 | 52.3 |
76 | 52.8 |
70.8 | 34 |
77.6 | 59.4 |
70.1 | 47.2 |
80.2 | 65.8 |
83.9 | 46.2 |
80.1 | 47 |
68.8 | 50.8 |
85.5 | 82.9 |
74.3 | 69.9 |
72.7 | 42.8 |
87.1 | 65.6 |
70.4 | 59.3 |
85.2 | 64.5 |
63.3 | 31.9 |
92.6 | 80.4 |
87 | 62.2 |
77.3 | 63.8 |
93.9 | 64.4 |
What is the correlation coefficient for this data set?
r =
To find the p-value for a correlation coefficient, you need to
convert to a t-score:
t=√r2(n−2)1−r2t=r2(n-2)1-r2
This t-score is from a t-distribution with
n–2 degrees of freedom.
What is the p-value for this correlation coefficient?
p-value =
Your final conclusion is that...