document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1126853>Question 1126853</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me with hypothesis testing questions in statistics,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "State the null and alternative hypotheses for the situation described below for a statistical test. Your answer should be an expression composed of symbols: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Testing to see if there is evidence that a correlation between height and salary is significant (that is, different than zero.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #743174 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=743174\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ho: p=0, the correlation is 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ha: p NE 0, the correlation is not 0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the null hypothesis is rejected, then the conclusion will be that the correlation is not zero.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "There will be a test statistic that will almost certainly not be zero, but the error involved in calculating the test statistic can allow one to calculate the probability that such a value could occur given the null hypothesis. If such a value is highly unlikely (a small p-value) then the null hypothesis might be rejected (depending upon what the critical value was determined beforehand). </SPAN>\n" );
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