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Pennsylvania Refining Company is studying the relationship between the pump pric

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Question

Pennsylvania Refining Company is studying the relationship between the pump price of gasoline and the number of gallons sold. For a sample of 16 stations last Tuesday, the correlation was 0.62.

At the 0.05 significance level, is the correlation in the population greater than zero? (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

  The test statistic is .

Decision: (Click to select)RejectDo not reject H0: 0

At the 0.05 significance level, is the correlation in the population greater than zero? (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

Explanation / Answer

As

t = r*sqrt(n-2)/sqrt(1-r^2)

Then as n = 16, r = 0.62,

t = 0.62*sqrt(16-2)/sqrt(1-0.62^2)

t = 2.956694148 [ANSWER, TEST STATISTIC]

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Using technology, the P value of this t, at df = n - 2 = 14, one tailed,

Pvalue = 0.005203534

As this is small, then we REJECT HO: rho <= 0. [ANSWER]

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