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Here are the steps to compute, interpret, and test the significance of the Pearson r for the data sets provided: 1) Compute the Pearson r using the formula. This gives r = -0.429. This indicates a moderate negative linear correlation between X and Y. 2) Test the significance using a t-test. With n=6 and tcritical = 2.306 (α=0.05), the tstat of -1.155 is not in the critical region so we fail to reject the null hypothesis that there is no linear correlation. 3) Compute r = 0.857, indicating a strong posit

Author
Cry Bero
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