You wish to determine if there is a positive linear correlation between the age of a driver and the number of driver deaths. The following table represents the age of a driver and the number of driver deaths per 100,000. Use a significance level of 0.05 and round all values to 4 decimal places. Driver Age Number of Driver Deaths per 100,000 64 32 55 30 72 36 34 30 31 18 16 29 21 22 32 18 46 24 46 31   Ho: ρ = 0 Ha: ρ > 0 Find the Linear Correlation Coefficient     r =  Find the p-value    p-value =    The p-value is Greater than αα Less than (or equal to) αα   The p-value leads to a decision to Do Not Reject Ho Reject Ho Accept Ho   The conclusion is  There is a significant linear correlation between driver age and number of driver deaths. There is a significant negative linear correlation between driver age and number of driver deaths. There is a significant positive linear correlation between driver age and number of driver deaths. There is insufficient evidence to make a conclusion about the linear correlation between driver age and number of driver deaths.

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You wish to determine if there is a positive linear correlation between the age of a driver and the number of driver deaths. The following table represents the age of a driver and the number of driver deaths per 100,000. Use a significance level of 0.05 and round all values to 4 decimal places.

Driver Age Number of Driver Deaths per 100,000
64 32
55 30
72 36
34 30
31 18
16 29
21 22
32 18
46 24
46 31

 

Ho: ρ = 0
Ha: ρ > 0

Find the Linear Correlation Coefficient
    r = 

Find the p-value
   p-value =   

The p-value is

  • Greater than αα
  • Less than (or equal to) αα

 

The p-value leads to a decision to

  • Do Not Reject Ho
  • Reject Ho
  • Accept Ho

 

The conclusion is 

  • There is a significant linear correlation between driver age and number of driver deaths.
  • There is a significant negative linear correlation between driver age and number of driver deaths.
  • There is a significant positive linear correlation between driver age and number of driver deaths.
  • There is insufficient evidence to make a conclusion about the linear correlation between driver age and number of driver deaths.
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Step 1

State the hypotheses.

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Step 2

Obtain the value of the test statistic.

The formula of the test statistic is,

Statistics homework question answer, step 2, image 1

Use EXCEL to obtain the value correlation coefficient r:

 

EXCEL procedure:

 

  1. Go to EXCEL
  2. Go to Data>Data Analysis.
  3. Choose Correlation.
  4. Enter the range as $A$1:$B$11.
  5. Check the option Labels in First row.
  6. Click OK.

 

EXCEL output:

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From EXCEL output, the value of the correlation is 0.6362.

 

Thus, the correlation value is 0.6362.

 

It is clear that, the value correlation coefficient r is 0.6362 with the sample of 10.

The required value of test statistic is,

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Thus, the value of the test statistic is 2.33

 

Obtain the degrees of freedom.

The degrees of freedom is obtained below:

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Thus, the degrees of freedom is 18.

 

 

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