Calculate rs and test for statistical significance

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Self-esteem is a widely discussed concept. (See Baumeister et al., 2003, for a review.) The two problems that follow are based on Diener, Wolsic, and Fujita (1995).

a. The researchers measured participants' self-esteem and then had them judge their own physical attractiveness. Calculate rs and test for statistical significance.

Self-esteem scores	40	39	37	36	35	32	28	24	20	16	12	7
Self-judged attractiveness	97	99	100	93	59	88	83	96	90	94	70	78

b. As part of the same study, the researchers had others judge photographs of the participants for attractiveness. Calculate rs and write a conclusion that is based on both data sets in the problem.

Self-esteem scores	28	39	24	40	37	16	32	36	20	7	35	12
Other-judged attractiveness	28	43	26	37	29	49	54	25	40	34	60	31

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