Obesity in children is a major concern because t pts them at risk for several serious medical problems. Some researchers believe that a major issue related to this is that children these days spend too much time watching television and not enough time being active. Based on a sample of boys of roughly the same age and height, data were collected regarding hours of television watched per day and weight. Compute a Pearson€™s correlation coefficient and indicate whether the correlation is significant.

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TV Watching Weight (hr) 1.5 5.0 3.5 2.5 4.0 1.0 0.5 (lb) 79 105 96 83 78 68