Early in the basketball season, 12 college teams appeared to be outstanding. A panel of sportswriters and a panel of college basketball coaches were asked to rank the 12 teams. Their composite rankings were as follows. Team Coaches Sportswriters Duke 1 1 UNLV 2 5 Indiana 3 4 North Carolina 4 6 Louisville 5 3 Ohio State 6 2 Syracuse 7 10 Georgetown 8 11 Villanova 9 7 LSU 10 12 St. Johns 11 8 Michigan 12   GIVEN: Coefficient of rank correlation 0.727   FIND: (Show work) b. State the decision rule, using the 0.05 significance level. H0: There is no correlation between the rankings of the coaches and the rankings of the sportswriters. H1: There is a positive correlation between the rankings of the coaches and the rankings of the sportswriters.     Reject H0 if t >     c. Compute the value of test statistic. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

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Early in the basketball season, 12 college teams appeared to be outstanding. A panel of sportswriters and a panel of college basketball coaches were asked to rank the 12 teams. Their composite rankings were as follows.

Team Coaches Sportswriters
Duke 1 1
UNLV 2 5
Indiana 3 4
North Carolina 4 6
Louisville 5 3
Ohio State 6 2
Syracuse 7 10
Georgetown 8 11
Villanova 9 7
LSU 10 12
St. Johns 11 8
Michigan 12  

GIVEN:

Coefficient of rank correlation 0.727

 

FIND: (Show work)

b. State the decision rule, using the 0.05 significance level.

H0: There is no correlation between the rankings of the coaches and the rankings of the sportswriters.
H1: There is a positive correlation between the rankings of the coaches and the rankings of the sportswriters.

 
 
Reject H0 if t >    

c. Compute the value of test statistic. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

 
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