If the Null H₀ : P = 0 Hypothesis Is

If the null H₀ : p = 0 hypothesis is true and the random variables have a joint normal distribution,then the random variable - which is used to test the hypothesis that there is no linear association in the population between a pair of random variables-follows the:

A) degenerate distribution.
B) Student's t distribution.
C) chi-square distribution.
D) distribution.