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The values of 2 variables x and y are given as below. x   150   120   130...

The values of 2 variables x and y are given as below.

x   150   120   130   125   140   110    125   150

y 92 65 70 85 95    90 100 87

The linear correlation coefficient between x and y is

Select one:

a. 0.090

b. -0.090

c. 0.247

d. -0.247

e. None of the other answers in necessary tru

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Answer #1

Solution:

X Y XY X^2 Y^2
150 92 13800 22500 8464
120 65 7800 14400 4225
130 70 9100 16900 4900
125 85 10625 15625 7225
140 95 13300 19600 9025
110 90 9900 12100 8100
125 100 12500 15625 10000
150 87 13050 22500 7569
n 8
sum(XY) 90075.00
sum(X) 1050.00
sum(Y) 684.00
sum(X^2) 139250.00
sum(Y^2) 59508.00
Numerator 2400.00
Denominator 9715.55
r 0.2470
r square 0.0610
Xbar(mean) 131.2500
Ybar(mean) 85.5000
SD(X) 13.0437
SD(Y) 11.3346
b 0.2087
a 58.1087

r = 0.247

option c. is correct

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