In: Statistics and Probability
Annual high temperatures in a certain location have been tracked for several years. Let X represent the year and Y the high temperature. At the 0.01 significance level, does the data below show significant (linear) correlation between X and Y?
| x | y |
|---|---|
| 5 | 36.63 |
| 6 | 35.9 |
| 7 | 35.77 |
| 8 | 38.64 |
| 9 | 30.51 |
| 10 | 29.68 |
| 11 | 30.35 |
| 12 | 21.42 |
| 13 | 19.99 |
| 14 | 18.26 |
| 15 | 12.03 |
| 16 | 15.8 |