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a) The correlation coefficient is given by
Take x as represents number of missed classes and y denotes final grades
using the data given we get
b) The null and the alternative hypothesis are
The value of the test static is
The test is left tailed test, number of degrees freedom is
So P-value
Since 0.032<0.05, we reject the null hypothesis.
There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that correlation coefficient is less than zero
c) There is negative correlation between the two