Question

For a sample of eight bears, researchers measured the distances around the bear’s chests and weighed the bears. Minitab was used to find that the value of the linear correlation coefficient is r = 0.894. Using a= 0.05, determine if there is a linear correlation between chest size and weight. What proportion of the variation in weight can be explained by the linear relationship between weight and chest size?
Critical Values for the Correlation Coefficient
n alpha = .05 alpha = .01
4 0.95 0.99
5 0.878 0.959
6 0.811 0.917
7 0.754 0.875
8 0.707 0.834
9 0.666 0.798
10 0.632 0.765
11 0.602 0.735
12 0.576 0.708
13 0.553 0.684
14 0.532 0.661
15 0.514 0.641
16 0.497 0.623
17 0.482 0.606
18 0.468 0.59
19 0.456 0.575
20 0.444 0.561
25 0.396 0.505
30 0.361 0.463
35 0.335 0.43
40 0.312 0.402
45 0.294 0.378
50 0.279 0.361
60 0.254 0.33
70 0.236 0.305
80 0.22 0.286
90 0.207 0.269
100 0.196 0.256
Note: To test H subscript 0: rho equals 0 against H subscript 1: rho not equal to 0, reject H subscript 0 if the absolute value of r is greater than the critical value in the table.

Answer 1

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