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24. Population and Area. Does an association exist between the size (in square miles) of a nation and the number of people who live in that nation (the population)? The following data set represents a random sample of 12 countries and their areas and populations. Test whether a rank correlation exists between area and population, using level of significance .
| Nation | Area (square miles) |
Population |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 55,598 | 147,365,352 |
| United States | 3,718,691 | 298,444,215 |
| China | 3,705,386 | 1,313,973,713 |
| India | 1,269,338 | 1,095,351,995 |
| Greece | 50,942 | 10,688,058 |
| Canada | 3,855,081 | 33,098,932 |
| Japan | 145,882 | 127,463,611 |
| Kazakhstan | 1,049,150 | 15,233,244 |
| Mexico | 761,602 | 107,449,525 |
| Saudi Arabia | 756,981 | 27,019,731 |
| Singapore | 267 | 4,492,150 |
| Australia | 2,967,893 | 20,264,082 |