A researcher speculates that individuals who experience many disappointments in their lives, such as serious illness, troubled relationships, difficulty paying bills, and deaths of friends and relatives, would be more religious than others. The theory is that religiosity is a coping mechanism. The data for the number of disappointments in life and a religiosity scale score is in the spreadsheet below.

a) Decide which variable is independent and which is dependent and draw the scatterplot. b) Calculate the regression line statistics and plot the line. (Insert sums in the space below.) c) Calculate the Pearson's r correlation coefficient. d) Using the 5 steps of hypothesis testing, address the hypothesis that a higher written test score is related to a higher driving test score.

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