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The following data show the rankings of 11 states based on expenditure per student (ranked 1 highest to 11 lowest) and student-teacher ratio (ranked 1 lowest to 11 highest). Use Table 1 of Appendix B.
| State | Expenditure per Student | Student-Teacher Ratio | 
| Arizona | 10 | 11 | 
| Colorado | 5 | 8 | 
| Florida | 4 | 6 | 
| Idaho | 2 | 11 | 
| Iowa | 7 | 4 | 
| Louisiana | 10 | 3 | 
| Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | 
| Nebraska | 8 | 3 | 
| North Dakota | 9 | 7 | 
| South Dakota | 10 | 6 | 
| Washington | 4 | 9 | 
a. What is the rank correlation between expenditure per student and student-teacher ratio (to 2 decimals). Enter negative values as negative numbers.
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b. At the .05 significance level, does there appear to be a relationship between expenditure per student and student-teacher ratio?
z=
-p value is? (to 4 decimals)
Conclusion:
- Select your answer -We can conclude that there is a significant
relationship.We cannot conclude that there is a significant
relationship.