Chapter 15: Problem 43
Give the rejection region for a test to detect positive rank correlation if the number of pairs of ranks is 16 and you have these \(\alpha\) -values: a. \(\alpha=.05\) b. \(\alpha=.01\)
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Chapter 15: Problem 43
Give the rejection region for a test to detect positive rank correlation if the number of pairs of ranks is 16 and you have these \(\alpha\) -values: a. \(\alpha=.05\) b. \(\alpha=.01\)
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