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 Attachment 
 A 


 Pearson's 
 correlation 
 coefficient 
 test 
 (parametric 


 test): 


 Observed 
 value 


 0.541 


 p-  value 
 < 
 0.0001 


 Alpha 


 0.050 
 Alpha/  2 
 0.025 
 Decision:  At  the  level 
 of 
 significance 


 alpha=  0.050 


 the 
 decision 


 is 
 to 
 reject 


 the 
 null 
 hypothesis 


 of 
 absence 


 of 
 correlation. 


 In 
 other 


 words, 


 the 
 correlation 


 is 
 significant 


 . 


 Correlation 
 Between 
 Maine 
 / 
 Vermont 


 Wire 
 Center 


 Change 
 in 
 Special 


 Access 
 Line 
 Allocation 


 and 


 Switched 
 Lines 


 -0.06  -0.04  -0.02  0  0.02  0.04  0.06  0.08  0.1  0.12 
 0 


 10000 


 20000 
 30000 
 40000 
 50000 
 60000 
 70000 


 Switched 
 Lines 


 C  h  ange  S  p  ec.  A  cc.  Line  A  llocations  (V  er  izon  Y  r  2001  -  B  u  r  eau  1999) 
 R  a  nge  =  -3.8%  to  10.4% 


 Outliers 
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