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Assignment on correlation

The document consists of a series of assignments focused on calculating and interpreting correlation coefficients using various datasets. It includes tasks such as creating scatter diagrams, calculating Pearson's correlation coefficient, and analyzing relationships between different variables like price and quantity, height and weight, and student marks in different subjects. Each question requires the application of statistical methods to derive insights from the provided data.

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Assignment on correlation

The document consists of a series of assignments focused on calculating and interpreting correlation coefficients using various datasets. It includes tasks such as creating scatter diagrams, calculating Pearson's correlation coefficient, and analyzing relationships between different variables like price and quantity, height and weight, and student marks in different subjects. Each question requires the application of statistical methods to derive insights from the provided data.

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ASSIGNMENT ON CORRELATION

Q1 Make a scatter diagram from the following data and interpret the result.
X 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Y 78 72 66 60 54 48 42 36 30

Q2 Represent correlation between the following figures through scatter diagram.


X 8 16 24 31 42 50
Y 70 58 50 32 26 12

Q3 Given the following pair of values of the variables X and Y:


X 8 10 12 11 9 7 13 14 15
Y 5 7 9 8 6 4 10 11 12
Also describe relationship between X and Y.

Q4 Find the coefficient of correlation between X and Y series from the data:
X 10 12 8 15 20 25 40
Y 15 10 6 25 16 12 8

Q5 The data on price and quantity purchased relating to a commodity for 10 months are
given below:Calculate coefficient of correlation between price and quantity.
Price (₹) 10 14 12 11 9 7 15 16 18 20
Quantity (kg.) 25 20 30 32 35 40 19 16 12 10

Q6 From the following data, calculate coefficient correlation between the variables X and Y
using Karl Pearson's method:
X 10 6 9 10 12 13 11 9
Y 9 4 6 9 11 13 8 4

Q7 Calculate coefficient of correlation for the ages of husband and wife.


Age of husband 24 25 22 30 34 37
Age of wife 20 21 18 26 28 30

Q8 Find out the correlation between the marks in Statistics and marks in Accountancy:
No. of Students 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Marks in Statistics 20 35 15 40 10 35 30 25 45 30
marks in
25 30 20 35 20 25 25 35 35 30
Accountancy
Q9 Find Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation between the values of X and Y given data:
X 128 129 130 140 132 135 125 130 132 135
Y 80 89 90 95 96 94 80 100 96 100

Q10 Calculate coefficient of correlation from the following data:


Height of fathers
66 68 69 72 65 59 62 67 61 71
(inches)
Height of Sons
65 64 67 69 64 60 59 68 60 64
(inches)

Q11 The data on price and demand for a commodity is given below:
Price (₹) 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Demand (kg.) 84 78 70 75 66 67 62 58 60
Calculate the coefficient of correlation between price and demand and
comment on its sign and magnitude.

Q12 Find coefficient of correlation from the following figures:


X 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5
Y 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000

Q13 Calculate product moment correlation between the values of X and Y.


X 2 3 1 5 6 4
Y 4 5 3 4 6 2

Q14 Following are the heights and weights of 10 students of a class:


Height (inches) 60 64 68 62 67 69 70 72 65 61
Weight (kg) 50 48 56 65 49 52 57 60 59 47

Q15 Calculate coefficient of correlation from the following data:


X 30 36 42 48 54 60 72 82
Y 50 50 54 54 62 66 70 82

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