A 0.01 significance level is being used to test a correlation between two variables. If the linear correlation coefficient r is found to be 0.591 and the critical values are r = ±0.590 what can you conclude?
A) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim of a linear correlation between the two variables.
B) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim of a linear correlation between the two variables.

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The value of the correlation coefficient (r = 0.591) is greater than the critical values (r = ±0.590) at the 0.01 significance level. Therefore, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is sufficient evidence to support the claim of a linear correlation between the two variables.

A 001 Significance Level Is Being Used to Test a Correlation