A 0.01 significance level is being used to test a correlation between two variables. If the linear correlation coefficient r is found to be 0.591 and the critical values are $$r = \pm 0.590$$ what can you conclude?
A)There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim of a linear correlation between the two variables.
B)There is sufficient evidence to support the claim of a linear correlation between the two variables.

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Since the computed linear correlation coefficient $r = 0.591$ is greater than the critical value of $0.590$, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is sufficient evidence to support the claim of a linear correlation between the two variables at the 0.01 significance level.

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