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a)
r =-0.631
b)
| null hypothesis:Ho | ρ | = | 0 | |
| Alternate Hypothesis:Ha: | ρ | < | 0 | |
t-test statistic =-1.628
critical t-score = -2.132
Because the test statistic is greater than the critical value do not reject null hypothesis. One cannot conclude that the population correlation coefficient is less than zero.