Is there a relationship between (X) rate of poverty (measured as percent of population below poverty level) and (Y) rates of teen pregnancy (measured per 1,000 females aged 15 to 17)? A researcher selected random states and collected the following data. Compute a Pearsons correlation coefficient and determine whether the correlation is significant.
| X |
Y |
| 10.4 |
41.7 |
| 8.9 |
38.6 |
| 13.3 |
43.2 |
| 6.9 |
35.7 |
| 16.0 |
46.9 |
| 5.2 |
33.5 |
| 14.5 |
43.3 |
| 15.3 |
44.8 |