It seems reasonable to assume that the number of times a tea…
It seems reasonable to assume that the number of times a team punts the ball in a football game would be negatively correlated with the number of points that the team scores (i.e., if a team is forced to punt frequently they are probably not moving the ball very well and probably are not scoring many points). Number of punts (variable X) and number of points scored (variable Y) for a particular team in a random sample of five games are as follows: Number of Punts, X Number of Points, Y 2 35 5 14 3 21 2 21 2 28 We want to test our assumption of a negative correlation between number of punts and number of points scored in a football game. State the appropriate null and alternative hypothesis.