When Ho is rejected for the Pearson r, then
A) the correlation is assumed not to be significant
B) the correlation is assumed to be significant
C) alpha error is eliminated
D) none of these, since when Ho is rejected no statement of significance is

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When Ho (the null hypothesis) is rejected for the Pearson r, it means that the correlation observed is statistically significant, assuming the alpha level (probability of making a Type I error) was set prior to the analysis. Rejecting Ho suggests that the observed correlation is unlikely to have occurred by chance, hence it is considered significant.

When Ho Is Rejected for the Pearson R, Then