Are the years of education of a child dependent on the years of education of their parent? The table shows the number of years of education of parent and the number of years of education of their child.    Years of Education of Parent 13 9 7 12 12 10 11 Years of Education of their Child 13 11 7 16 17 9 17   Conduct a hypothesis test to determine if there is a significant linear correlation between the two variables. What is the test statistic?    A) 0.0416 B) -1.338 C) -0.2679 D) 2.724 E) 1.338

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Are the years of education of a child dependent on the years of education of their parent? The table shows the number of years of education of parent and the number of years of education of their child. 

 

Years of Education of Parent

13

9

7

12

12

10

11

Years of Education of their Child

13

11

7

16

17

9

17

 

Conduct a hypothesis test to determine if there is a significant linear correlation between the two variables. What is the test statistic? 

 

A) 0.0416

B) -1.338

C) -0.2679

D) 2.724

E) 1.338

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