A random sample of ten professional athletes produced the following data.  The first row is the number of endorsements the athlete has and the second row is the amount of money made (in millions of dollars) by the athlete.    Is the linear correlation coefficient significant?  Set up the appropriate hypothesis to test the significance. Number of Endorsements  0  3  2  1  5  5  4  3  0  4  Profit (in Millions)  2  8  7  3  13  12  9  9  3  10    Group of answer choices H0: r = 0 and Ha: r ≠ 0 H0: r ≠ 0 and Ha: r = 0 H0: ρ = 0 and Ha: ρ ≠ 0 H0: ρ ≠ 0 and Ha: ρ = 0

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A random sample of ten professional athletes produced the following data.  The first row is the number of endorsements the athlete has and the second row is the amount of money made (in millions of dollars) by the athlete.    Is the linear correlation coefficient significant?  Set up the appropriate hypothesis to test the significance.

Number of Endorsements 

Profit (in Millions) 

13 

12 

10 

 

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H0: r = 0 and Ha: r ≠ 0
H0: r ≠ 0 and Ha: r = 0
H0: ρ = 0 and Ha: ρ ≠ 0
H0: ρ ≠ 0 and Ha: ρ = 0
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