Question: The data given below are the number of absences for students in a college class and the student’s final grade.

Test the significance of the correlation coefficient using ? = 0.05 following the guidelines on page 490 in our textbook.

H₀: ? = 0 (No relationship exists between number of absences and final grade)

H_a: ? ? 0 (A relationship exists between number of absences and final grade)