Use the following information to answer the question. A humanities professor is interesting in learning whether there is a positive association between average online homework scores and the final class average in an online humanities course. The computer output below shows the results from a regression model in which the final class average was predicted by the average online homework score. Assume that the conditions of the linear regression model are satisfied. -Choose the correct null and alternative hypothesis to test whether there is an association between final class average and average online homework scores. A)H0: The correlation is positive. Ha: The correlation is zero. B)H0: There is no linear association between the final class average and the average online homework score. H_a: There is a positive linear association between the final class average and the average online homework score. C)H0: There is a linear association between the final class average and the average online homework score. H_a: There is no linear association between the final class average and the average online homework score. D)None of these.

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The null hypothesis should state that there is no association between the two variables, while the alternative hypothesis should state that there is an association. In this case, the correct null hypothesis is H0: There is no linear association between the final class average and the average online homework score, and the correct alternative hypothesis is Ha: There is a positive linear association between the final class average and the average online homework score.

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