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Correlation Coefficent Worksheet

This document contains three examples of calculating the correlation coefficient (r) between two variables from sample data. In the first example, wind velocity and sand drift rate at a national monument showed a strong positive linear correlation (r = 0.949). The second example found a strong negative linear correlation (r = -0.969) between the number of police officers and reported muggings in a city park. The third example showed a strong positive linear correlation (r = 0.7648) between university student enrollment and number of campus burglaries per year.

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Correlation Coefficent Worksheet

This document contains three examples of calculating the correlation coefficient (r) between two variables from sample data. In the first example, wind velocity and sand drift rate at a national monument showed a strong positive linear correlation (r = 0.949). The second example found a strong negative linear correlation (r = -0.969) between the number of police officers and reported muggings in a city park. The third example showed a strong positive linear correlation (r = 0.7648) between university student enrollment and number of campus burglaries per year.

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6  Correlation  Coefficient  by  Hand  Homework  


MDM4U  
MDM4U1 Correlation Coefficient (By-Hand) Worksheet
Jensen  
 
1.  Sand  driven  by  wind  creates  large  dunes  at  the  Great  Sand  Dunes  National  Monument  in  Colorado.  Is  
there  a  linear  relationship  correlation  between  wind  velocity  and  sand  drift  rate?  A  test  site  at  the  Great  
Sand  Dunes  National  Monument  gave  the  following  information  about  𝑥 ,  wind  velocity  in  10cm/sec,  and  
𝑦,  drift  rate  of  sand  in  100g/cm/sec.    
 
a)  Complete  the  chart  
 
Wind  Speed   Drift  Rate  
𝒙𝟐   𝒚𝟐   𝒙𝒚  
[𝒙]   [𝒚]  
70   3        
115   45        
105   21        
82   7        
93   16        
125   62        
88   12        
𝑥 ! =  
𝑥 =   𝑦 =   𝑦 ! =   𝑥𝑦 =  
 
 
b)  Compute  the  correlation  coefficient  using  the  formula.    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
c)  What  does  the  value  of  r  tell  you?    
 
 
 
2.  In  one  of  the  Boston  city  parks,  there  has  been  a  problem  with  muggings  in  the  summer  months.  A  
police  cadet  took  a  random  sample  of  10  days  (out  of  the  90-­‐day  summer)  and  compiled  the  following  
data.  For  each  day,  𝑥  represents  the  number  of  police  officers  on  duty  in  the  park  and  𝑦  represents  the  
number  of  reported  muggings  on  that  day.    
 
 
a)  Complete  the  chart  
 
Officers  on  
Muggings  
Duty   𝒙𝟐   𝒚𝟐   𝒙𝒚  
[𝒚]  
[𝒙]  
10   5        
15   2        
16   1        
1   9        
4   7        
6   8        
18   1        
12   5        
14   3        
7   6        
𝑥 =   𝑦 =   𝑥 ! =   𝑦 ! =   𝑥𝑦 =  
 
 
b)  Compute  the  correlation  coefficient  using  the  formula.    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
c)  What  does  the  value  of  r  tell  you?    
 
 
3.  A  study  was  conducted  to  determine  if  larger  universities  tend  to  have  more  property  crime.  Let  𝑥  
represent  student  enrollment  (in  thousands)  and  let  𝑦  represent  the  number  of  burglaries  in  a  year  on  
the  campus.  A  random  sample  of  8  universities  in  California  gave  the  following  information:  
 
a)  Complete  the  chart  
 
Student  
Burglaries  
Enrollment   𝒙𝟐   𝒚𝟐   𝒙𝒚  
[𝒚]  
[𝒙]  
12.5   26        
30   73        
24.5   39        
14.3   23        
7.5   15        
27.7   30        
16.2   15        
20.1   25        
𝑥 =   𝑦 =   𝑥 ! =   𝑦 ! =   𝑥𝑦 =  
 
b)  Compute  the  correlation  coefficient  using  the  formula.    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
c)  What  does  the  value  of  r  tell  you?    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Answers  
 
1)  b)  𝑟 = 0.949      c)  strong  positive  linear  correlation  
2)  b)  𝑟 = −0.969    c)  strong  negative  linear  correlation  
3)  b)  𝑟 = 0.7648    c)  strong  positive  linear  correlation  
 
 
 

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