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4.3.1 Statistical hypothesis testing (A-level only)

4.3.1 Statistical hypothesis testing (A-level only)

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Question 29

The daily sunshine hours and the maximum temperature are recorded for 30 consecutive days in a summer month.

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Suggest a null and alternative hypothesis for a two-tailed test to investigate whether there is a correlation between sunshine hours and maximum temperature.

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The product moment correlation coefficient is calculated to be r=0.52r = 0.52r=0.52.

Test your hypotheses at the 1% significance level.

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