A professor at the University of New Hampshire was interested in evaluating the effect of the unemployment rate on the incarceration rate. Using data from 50 states and the District of Columbia (n= 51), the researcher computed the Pearson’s correlation coefficient between the two variables. The results are presented below.
Correlations
Incarceration
Unemployment
Pearson Correlation
1
.209
Sig. (2-tailed)
.142
N
51
Using an alpha level of 0.05 and the four steps of the hypothesis testing process, test the research hypotheses that unemployment increases incarceration.
Step 3
Step 4
Based on your decision to step 4 what type of error might you be making?
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