Pennsylvania Refining Company is studying the relationship between the pump price of gasoline and the number of gallons sold. For a sample of 13 stations last Tuesday, the correlation was 0.61.   The following hypotheses are given. H0: ρ ≤ 0 H1: ρ > 0 a. State the decision rule for 0.100 significance level. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)   b. Compute the value of the test statistic. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)   c. Can we conclude that the correlation in the population is greater than zero? Use the 0.100 significance level.

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Pennsylvania Refining Company is studying the relationship between the pump price of gasoline and the number of gallons sold. For a sample of 13 stations last Tuesday, the correlation was 0.61.
 

The following hypotheses are given.

H0ρ ≤ 0

H1ρ > 0


a. State the decision rule for 0.100 significance level. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

 



b. Compute the value of the test statistic. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

 



c. Can we conclude that the correlation in the population is greater than zero? Use the 0.100 significance level.

 

 

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