Assignment 4

1. Calculate Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation from the data given below:
X: 2 4 6 8 10
Y: 12 14 16 18 20
2. From the followings table calculates the coefficient of correlation by Karl Pearson's method.
X: 6 2 10 4 8
Y: 9 11 ? 8 7
3. In a beauty competition; two judges ranked 12 participants as follows:
Judge I : 3 4 1 5 2 10 6 9 8 7 12 11
Judge II : 6 10 12 3 9 2 5 8 7 4 1 11
What is the degree of agreement between the judgments of two judges?
4. Find the rank correlation coefficient between X and Y.
X: 85 91 56 72 95 76 89 51 59 90
Y: 18.3 20.8 16.9 15.7 19.2 18.1 17.5 14.9 18.9 15.4
5. Find the rank correlation coefficient between X and Y.
X : 14 19 20 20 21 24 24 25 26
Y : 50 50 52 51 53 50 50 57 60
6. From the following table compute the coefficient of correlation between savings bank deposits and strikes
and lockouts over a period of seven years:
Saving deposits (00,000) : 51 54 56 59 65 60 70
Strikes and lockouts : 58 44 33 36 23 33 13
7. Find Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation between the value of X and Y given below and calculate the
probable error:
X : 78 79 96 69 59 79 68 61
Y : 125 137 156 112 107 136 123 108
Assume 69 and 112 as the mean values of X and Y respectively.
8. Calculate coefficient of correlation between age and playing habit of the person from the
following data:
Age in years Population No. of players
15 – 20 1500 1200
20 – 25 2000 1560
25 – 30 4000 2280
30 – 35 3000 1500
35 – 40 2500 1000
40 – 45 1000 300
45 – 50 800 200
50 – 55 500 50
55 – 60 200 6
9. Following information's given below are related with the ages of husband (X) and Wife (Y) for married
couples living together in a sample survey. Calculate the coefficient of correlation between age of husband
and that of his wife: Test the significance of calculated r.
N = f = 72, fX = 3560, fX2 = 196800, fY = 3260, fY2 = 168400, fXY = 172000
10. The table below gives the ages and blood pressure of 10 patients in a clinic.
Age : 56 42 36 47 49 42 60 72 63 55
 B.P. : 147 125 118 128 145 140 155 160 149 150
11. A computer while calculating the correlation coefficient between the variable X and Y obtained the
following constants:
N = 30; X = 120; X2 = 600; Y = 90; Y2 = 250; XY = 356
It was however, later discovered at the time of checking that is had copied down two pairs of Observation
as (8, 10) and (12, 7) While the correct values were (8, 12) and (10, 8) Obtain the correct value of the
correlation coefficient between X and Y.
12. Following are the ranks obtained by 10 students in two subjects, Statistics and Mathematics. To what
extent the knowledge of the students in the two subjects is related?
Statistics : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mathematics : 2 4 1 5 3 9 7 1 6 8
13. The value of spearman’s rank correlation coefficient of a certain number of observations was found to be
2/3. The sum of the squares of differences between the corresponding ranks was 55. Find the number of
pairs (n).
14. Data related to batch size (X) and production (Y) is as follows:
Batch size (X) : 11 13 18 2 28 32 38 42 47 53
Production cost :
2.1 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.7 4.0 4.4
(in Rs 000) (Y)
Find the regression equation of Y on X and also estimate the production cost when the batch size is 43.
15. From the following data find the coefficient of correlation and obtain two regression equations.
X: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Y: 9 8 10 12 11 13 14 16 15
16. Estimate the values of X corresponding to Y = 200 from the following data
X: 200 248 297 338 463 493
Y: 137 147 184 196 276 260
17. The following table shows the number of motor registration and the sales of Gorakhali motor tyres by a
wholesale dealer in Kathmandu for the term of 5 years.
Year : 1 2 3 4 5
Motor registration (‘000 nos) : 60 63 72 75 80
No. of tyres sold (‘000 nos) : 125 110 130 135 150
a. Estimate the sale of tyres when expected motor registration in next year is 90,000
b. Also calculate correlation coefficient and interpret.

18. You are given the following information about advertising and sales.
Advertising expenses (Rs. lakh) Sales (Rs. lakh)
Mean 10 90
Standard deviation 3 12
The coefficient of correlation between advertising and sales is equal to 0.8. Estimate the likely sales when
the advertisement expenditure is Rs. 15 lakhs.
19. Identify the regression equation of Y on X and X on Y from the given regression equation. Also find the
correlation coefficient.
50Y + 25X = 582 and 87Y + 100X = 1913
20. The height (inches) of a group of fathers and sons are given below:
Height of father : 158 160 163 165 167 170 172 175 177 187
Height of sons : 163 158 167 170 160 180 170 175 172 175
 Find the lines of regression and estimate the height of the son when the height of father is 164 cm.
DUE DATE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT IS 2074/10/25