Recall from Exercise 10.1.16 that the data file MomandChildHeights contains data for students in a statistics class on the following two variables: student’s height (inches) and biological mother’s height (inches).

a. State in words the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses to test whether there is an association between a person’s height and their biological mother’s height.
b. Describe how one might use everyday items (for example, coins, dice, cards, etc.) to conduct a tactile simulation-based test of the hypotheses. Be sure to clearly describe how the p-value will be computed from the simulation.

Data from exercise 10.1.16

In 1885, Sir Francis Galton first used regression to explore the association between children’s heights and (biological) parents’ heights. The data file MomandChildHeights contains data for students in a statistics class on the following two variables: student’s height (inches) and biological mother’s height (inches). Enter the data into the Corr/Regression applet.