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2.2.2 Scatter diagrams and correlation

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Question 25

Chris is investigating the relationship between the length of time an employee has worked at his company, x x\,x years, and the time it takes that employee to complete a particular task, y y\,y hours.

Chris records the time taken by a random sample of 12 employees. The product moment correlation coefficient between x x\,x and y y\,y for this sample is -0.47.

For n=12n = 12n=12, the critical value for a one-tailed test at the 5% level for the population correlation coefficient is 0.4973.

Carry out a hypothesis test at the 5% significance level to determine whether there is a negative correlation between the length of time an employee has worked at the company and the time taken to complete the task.

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