In: Statistics and Probability
Student # Cups of coffee Violent thoughts
1 6 5
2 3 2
3 2 8
4 4 9
5 3 3
6 0 1
7 1 4
8 5 6
9 7 7
10 4 0
a. Pearson correlation of Cups of coffee and Violent thoughts=r = 0.380
i.e. the association between the number of cups of coffee consumed and the number of violent thoughts for this group of students is positive (direction) i.e. if the number of cups of coffee consumed increases then the number of violent thoughts also increases. However strength of association is poor.
Hence data do not provide enough evidence to conclude that the association between coffee consumption and violent thoughts exists in the population from which your sample was drawn.