The management of a regional bus line thought its cost of gas might be correlated with its passenger/mile ratio. Comment on the data and correlation matrix below.
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Avg. Wholesale Cost of Gas
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Passenger/Mile Ratio
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56.5
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8.37
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59.4
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8.93
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63.0
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9.15
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65.6
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9.79
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89.0
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11.20
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Correlation/Coefficients/Probability > IRI under Ho: RHO = 0/N = 5
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Year
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Price
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Mile
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Year
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1.00000
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0.87016
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0.95127
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0.0000
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0.0551
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0.0128
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Price
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0.87016
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1.00000
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0.97309
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0.0551
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0.0000
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0.0053
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Mile
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0.95127
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0.97309
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1.0000
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0.0128
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0.0053
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0.00000
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