For the Spearman r, in order to establish a significant correlation in the population
A) There is a failure to reject Ho
B) Ho must be rejected
C) Ho must be equal to alpha
D) none of these, since the Spearman r cannot be used to infer population

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In order to establish a significant correlation in the population using the Spearman r, we must reject the null hypothesis (Ho) that there is no correlation in the population. This is done by calculating the test statistic and comparing it to a critical value from the distribution of the Spearman r. If the test statistic falls in the rejection region, we reject Ho and conclude that there is a significant correlation in the population.

For the Spearman R, in Order to Establish a Significant