If the decision in the hypothesis test of the population correlation coefficient is to reject the null hypothesis, what can we conclude about the correlation in the population?
A) It is zero.
B) It could be zero.
C) It is not zero.
D) It equals the computed sample correlation.

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If the null hypothesis is rejected, we can conclude that the correlation in the population is not zero. However, we cannot determine the exact value of the correlation coefficient or whether it is the same as the computed sample correlation without further analysis or information.

If the Decision in the Hypothesis Test of the Population