Question

WEIGHT (WT)	WHITE
64.4	8.7
61.8	5.9
78.5	7.3
86.3	6.2
73.1	5.9
58.5	6.4
134.3	3.9
79.8	6.4
64.8	9.8
58.1	4.0
76.1	3.8
118.4	5.6
56.2	6.6
73.4	4.9
126.9	9.6
84.4	8.6
97.8	5.2
66.5	9.2
90.5	6.6
83.7	3.2
88.7	6.9
80.4	7.1
64.0	6.9
65.7	7.0
58.9	8.4
82.4	5.9
85.1	5.1
87.7	10.0
111.9	4.4
70.9	7.1
101.8	7.9
99.0	8.1
100.5	5.6
78.9	4.1
79.2	9.5
86.1	4.9
100.8	8.9
76.4	11.0
77.4	8.6
89.7	6.9

(a) Determine the correlation coefficent between the ‘weight’ data (WT) and the white blood cell count (WHITE).

(b) Is the value you calculated statistically significant?

(c) Why or why not?

Answer 1