A new high school special education teacher wonders if there really is a correla

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A new high school special education teacher wonders if there really is a correlation
between reading disabilities and attention disorders. She collects data from six of her
students on their reading abilities (X) and their attention abilities (Y),with a higher core indicating greater ability for both variables. Compute a Pearson’s correlation coefficient for the following data and indicate whether the correlation is significant.

X        Y
2         3
1        2
5         3
4         2
2       4
1         3

Explanation / Answer

correlation: r = -0.08 P = 0.88 > 0.05, so not significant

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