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A regional commuter airline selected a random sample of 25 flights and found that the correlation between the number of passengers and the total weight, in pounds, of luggage stored in the luggage compartment is 0.94.

Using the .05 significance level, can we conclude that there is a positive association between the two variables?

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To do this problem, we need to use a critical values table for the correlation coefficient (http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/siegle/research/Correlation/corrchrt.htm).

From the problem, we know that ...

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