The data in the file UsedHondaCivics come from a sample of used Honda Civics listed for sale online in July 2006. Th e variables recorded in this data file are the car’s age (calculated as 2006 minus year of manufacture) and price. Consider conducting a simulation analysis to test whether the sample data provide strong evidence of an association between a car’s price and age in the population.

a. Identify the type of study: randomized experiment or observational study.
b. Identify the experimental/observational units in this study.
c. Identify the two variables of interest and whether each is categorical or quantitative. Which variable do you think makes more sense to use as the explanatory variable and which as the response variable?

d. State the appropriate null hypothesis in words.
e. State the relevant alternative hypothesis in words.

f. Enter the data into the Corr/Regression applet. Produce a scatterplot and comment on the association between the variables as revealed in the scatterplot. (Remember to comment on form, direction, strength, and unusual observations.)
g. Report the value of the correlation coefficient. Does the value of the correlation coefficient support your answer in part (f)? Explain how you are deciding.
h. 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.