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Calculate Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation between the marks in English and Mathematics obtained by 10 students :

English 20 13 18 21 11 12 17 14 19 15
Mathematics 17 12 23 25 14 8 19 21 22 19

 

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Important Questions on Correlation Analysis

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Find Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation between X and Y for the following data :

X 16 18 21 20 22 26 27 15
Y 22 25 24 26 25 30 33 14

 

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From the following table, calculate the Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation.

X 6 2 10 4 8
Y 9 11 ? 8 7

Arithmetic means of X and Y series are 6 and 8 respectively.

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The weights of sons and fathers (in kilograms) are given below:

Weight of father 65 66 67 67 68 69 70 72
Weight of son 67 68 65 68 72 72 69 71

Find the coefficient of correlation.

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Calculate Kari Pearson's coefficient of correlation from the following data and interpret the result:

Serial number of student 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Marks in mathematics 15 18 21 24 27 30 36 39 42 48
Marks and statistics 25 25 27 27 31 33 35 41 41 45
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Calculate Karl Pearson's coefficient correlation between x and y for the following data :

X 6 2 4 9 1 3 5 8
Y 13 8 12 15 9 10 11 16

 

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The ranking of the 10 individuals at the start and on the finish of a course of training are as follows: 

Individuals A B C D E F G H I J
Rank before 1 6 3 9 5 2 7 10 8 4
Rank after 6 8 3 7 2 1 5 9 4 10

Calculate spearman's coefficient of correlation(three digits after decimal place).

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Find the spearman's rank correlation(three digits after decimal place) between marks in mathematics and statistics obtained by 10 students: 

Marks in mathematics 80 38 95 30 74 84 91 60 66 40
Marks in statistics 85 50 92 58 70 65 88 56 52 46
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The final positions of twelve clubs in a football league and the average attendances at their home matches were as follows:

Club A B C D E F G H I J K L
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Attendance(thousands) 27 30 18 25 32 12 19 11 32 12 12 15

Calculate a coefficient of correlation(two digits after decimal place) by ranks and comment on your result. What other factors do you think might affect the number of spectators apart from the positions of the clubs in the league ?