Occupational prestige scores for a sample of fathers and their oldest son and oldest daughter are presented in the following table. Family  Father's Prestige Son's Prestige Daughter's Prestige A 80 85 82 B 78 80 77 C 75 70 68 D 70 75 77 E 69 72 60 F 66 60 52 G 64 48 48 H 52 55 57 Compute r and r2  and conduct a 5 step significance test on person's r to see if you can generalize the correlation to the population.

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Occupational prestige scores for a sample of fathers and their oldest son and oldest daughter are presented in the following table.

Family  Father's Prestige Son's Prestige Daughter's Prestige
A 80 85 82
B 78 80 77
C 75 70 68
D 70 75 77
E 69 72 60
F 66 60 52
G 64 48 48
H 52 55 57

Compute r and r2  and conduct a 5 step significance test on person's r to see if you can generalize the correlation to the population. 

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