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27. Community Colleges. The following data set represents the results of the Washington Monthly's ranking of the top 30 community colleges in the nation. Two rankings are provided: the first for overall quality and the second for tuition and fees. Test whether a rank correlation exists between the two variables, using level of significance . You need to calculate the ranks for the “tuition and fees” variable, but not for the “overall quality” variable.
| Community college | Rank of overall quality |
Tuition and fees |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Technical College, GA | 1 | $1362 |
| Cascadia Community College, WA | 2 | $2642 |
| Southern Univ. at Shreveport, LA | 3 | $2252 |
| Southwestern CC, NC | 4 | $1171 |
| Hazard CC, KY | 5 | $2616 |
| North Florida Community College, FL |
6 | $1910 |
| Indianhead College, WI | 7 | $2912 |
| Southeast Kentucky CC, KY | 8 | $2760 |
| Zane State College, OH | 9 | $3849 |
| Baldwin College, GA | 10 | $2098 |
| Texas State Technical College, Marshall, TX |
11 | $3930 |
| Lake City CC, FL | 12 | $2979 |
| Itasca CC, MN | 13 | $4590 |
| South Piedmont CC, NC | 14 | $1319 |
| Vermilion CC, MN | 15 | $4366 |
| Hawaii CC, HI | 16 | $1478 |
| Ellsworth CC, IA | 17 | $3108 |
| Chipola College, FL | 18 | $2137 |
| Martin CC, NC | 19 | $1302 |
| Texas State Technical College, TX | 20 | $3105 |
| South Texas College, TX | 21 | $1996 |
| Skagit Valley College, WA | 22 | $2712 |
| Valencia CC, FL | 23 | $2091 |
| MiraCosta College, CA | 24 | $590 |
| Florida CC at Jacksonville, FL | 25 | $1714 |
| New Hampshire CC, NH | 26 | $5464 |
| Frank Phillips College, TX | 27 | $2766 |
| Mesabi Range CC, MN | 28 | $4174 |
| Northwest Vista College, TX | 29 | $2292 |
| New Mexico University Grants, NM | 30 | $1320 |