For the Pearson r, the alternative hypothesis states that
A) there is a significant correlation in the population
B) there is no correlation in the sample
C) there is no correlation in the population
D) the sample no longer represents the population

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The alternative hypothesis for the Pearson r is that there is a significant correlation in the population. This means that we are testing whether there is evidence to suggest that the correlation we have observed in the sample is not just due to chance, but is actually present in the larger population from which the sample was drawn.

For the Pearson R, the Alternative Hypothesis States That