Refer to the analysis of the disproportionate number of software millionaires who were born around the year

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Refer to the analysis of the disproportionate number of software millionaires who were born around the year 1955, Exercise 11.23. Recall that on his Web blog (www.measuringusability.com), statistical consultant Jeff Sauro investigated this question by analyzing the data shown in the accompanying table.

Number of CEO Total U.S. Births Decade (millions) Number of Birthdays (in a random sample of 70 companles from the Fortu

a. Compute Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, rs, relating number (y) of software millionaire birthdays in a decade to total number (x) of U.S. births.
b. Refer to part a. Is there evidence of positive rank correlation between y and x? Test using α = .05.
c. Compute Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, rs, relating number (y) of software millionaire birthdays in a decade to number (x) of CEO birthdays.
d. Refer to part c. Is there evidence of positive rank correlation between y and x? Test using a = .05.

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Statistics For Business And Economics

ISBN: 9780134506593

13th Edition

Authors: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich

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