SAT Reading and Math Scores. Use this information for Exercises 61–65. The table shows the SAT scores for five states as reported by the College Board. We are interested in whether a linear relationship exists between the SAT Reading score and the SAT Math score .

State SAT Reading SAT Math
New York 497 510
Connecticut 515 515
Massachusetts 518 523
New Jersey 501 514
New Hampshire 522 521

Question 13.63

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63. Test, using level of significance , whether a linear relationship exists between the SAT reading score and the SAT Math score.

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: There is no linear relationship between SAT Reading score () and SAT Math score (). : There is a linear relationship between SAT Reading score () and SAT Math score (). Reject if or . Since , we reject . There is evidence at level of significance that and that there is a linear relationship between SAT Reading score () and SAT Math score ().