Week 3 Assignment

Section I

SBP_Weight.sav

Correlations table

	Weight	Systolic Blood Pressure
Weight	Pearson Correlation	1	.857**
Sig. (2-tailed)		.000
N	75	75
Systolic Blood Pressure	Pearson Correlation	.857**	1
Sig. (2-tailed)	.000
N	75	75

**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

The table above shows an output from the correlation of two variables; weight and systolic blood pressure. Use the information from the table to answer the following questions.

1. Write null hypothesis

1. Write alternative hypothesis

1. What is the p-value?

1. Will you accept or reject the null hypothesis? Explain your rationale.

1. Based on the information in the output, are the two variables related? Explain your answer and offer your opinion about possible clinical significance of the relationship.

Section II

Histogram: Age Variable