Correlation

1. Find Karl Pearson coefficient of correlation and interpret its value for the following
data
Age: 20 30 32 35 40 46 52 55 58 62
Sick day: 1 2 0 3 4 6 5 7 8 9
2. Find Spearman’s correlation coefficient
Marks by judge 1: 86 58 64 74 48 70 94
Marks by judge 2: 90 45 72 64 59 60 80
3. Calculate coefficient of correlation between age and sum assured from the data given
below and comment on the value
Sum assured (Rs)
Age 5000 10000 15000 20000
20-30 2 3 4 6
30-40 - 2 3 5
40-50 - 2 2 3
50-60 5 8 3 2
4. Obtain Karl Pearson correlation coefficient between X & Y
X: 23 29 33 35 39 34 38
Y: 15 18 21 17 25 26 28
5. Calculate coefficient of correlation between price and sales from the following data
Price(Rs): 100 90 85 92 90 84 88 90
Sales: 500 610 700 630 670 800 800 750
6. Obtain the correlation coefficient between the heights of fathers(X) and of the
sons(Y) from the following data
X: 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 67
Y: 67 68 64 72 70 67 70 68
7. A survey regarding the incomes and savings of 100 school teachers in a certain city
provides the following data
Savings
Income in Rs 50 100 150 200
400 8 4 - -
600 - 12 24 6
800 - 9 7 2
1000 - - 10 5
1200 - - 9 4
Calculate Karl Pearson correlation coefficient.
8. Following data relates to production and export (in million tons) of certain material.
Calculate the coefficient of correlation and comment on the result.
Productio 55 56 58 59 60 60 62
n
Export 35 38 38 39 44 43 44
9. Calculate Rank correlation between the heights of father and son of the following
table. (Heights in inches)
Height of 6 6 67 6 6 6 70 6 6 67 6 71
Father 5 3 4 8 2 6 8 9
Height of Son 6 6 68 6 6 6 68 6 7 67 6 70
8 6 5 9 6 5 1 8
10. The coefficient of rank correlation of marks obtained by 10 students in English and
economics was found to be 5. It was later discovered that the difference in ranks in
 the two subjects obtained by one of the students was wrongly taken as 3 instead of 7.
Find the correct coefficient of rank correlation.
11. Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation and its probable error between
ages 100 mothers and daughters.
Age of Age of Daughters
Mothers
5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30

15-25 6 3 - - -
25-35 3 16 10 - -
35-45 - 10 15 7 -
45-55 - - 7 10 4
55-65 - - - 4 5
12. Calculate Spearman’s correlation coefficient from the following data relating to
overhead expenses and cost of production
Over heads in (crores) 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160
Cost in (crores) 15 15 16 19 17 18 16 18 19
13. Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation for the following data of prices and
demand (43, 105), (54, 98), (85, 53), (91,49),(59, 84) (95, 40), (68, 73), (29, 59), (73,
63), (72, 52)
14. Calculate Spearman’s correlation coefficient correlation from the following data
Supply: 120 110 120 119 140 125 127 119 140 160
Demand: 240 250 260 266 232 245 255 267 268 239
15. Calculate Pearson’s coefficient of correlation from the following data using 44 and 26
respectively as the origin of X and Y
X: 43 44 46 40 44 42 45 42 38 40 42 57
Y: 29 31 19 18 19 27 27 29 41 30 26 10
Regression
1. Obtain the equation of 2 regression lines for the data given below
X: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Y: 17 20 25 30 33 32 39 40 42
2. Given the following results of the height & Weight of 1000 students the mean height
is 170cm; the mean weight is 75Kg;the S.D of the height & weight are 6cm & 6Kg
respectively; r=0.60;Amit weight 50Kg, Summit is height 1.5m tall. Estimate the
height of Amit from his weight and weight of Summit from his height
3. You are supplied with the following data; Variance of X = 36;
12X – 85Y + 99 =0; 60X + 27Y = 321; Calculate
i) Average values of X & Y
ii) S.D of Y
iii) Correlation between X & Y
4. An analyst for a certain company was studying the relationship between trend
expenses in Rs (Y) for 102 sales trips and the duration in days(X) of these trips. He
has found that relationship between X & Y is linear. A summary of the data is given
below
∑X = 510 ∑Y=7140 ∑XY = 54900 ∑X2=4150 ∑Y2= 740200
a. Estimate the two regression equations from the above data
b. A given trip has to take seven days how much money should a sales man be
allowed so that he will not run short of money
5. The two regression lines are 4x - 5y + 33 = 0 and 20x – 9y =107 and variance of x =
25. Find (i) the means of x and y (ii) the value of r and (iii) σy
 6. A company wants to assess the impact of R&D expenditure on annual profits. The
following table gives the information for years. Estimate the regression equation and
predict the annual profit for the year for an allocated sum of Rs15000 as R &D
expenditure
Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
R&D Expenditure(‘000Rs) 9 7 5 10 4 5 3 2
Annual profit(‘000Rs) 45 42 41 60 30 34 25 20
7. The following data were recently reported by an economist who wanted to learn about
the relationship between a family’s income and the proportion of that income spent
for food. Each of the families consisted of a married couple with two teenage children
Income (in ‘000Rs):14 18 22 28 35 39 42
% spent on food: 35 33 32 29 23 19 17
Predict the amount of money spent on food by a family of size 4 that earns 31000
annually
8. In the following table are reordered data showing the test scores made by salesmen as
an intelligence test and their weekly sales
Salesman 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Test Score 0 70 50 60 80 50 90 40 60 60
Sales (‘000Rs) 2.5 6 4.5 5 4.5 2.8 5.5 3 4.5 3
Calculate the regression line of sales on best scores and estimate the most probable
weekly sales volume if a salesman makes a score of 7. Also estimate the test score
when the sales is 5000Rs
9. In the estimation of regression equation of two variables X and Y the following
results were obtained X = 90, Y=70, n =10, ∑X 2=6330, ∑Y2 = 2860, ∑XY = 3900,
Obtain the regression equations.
10. Two lines of regression are given by x+2y-5 = 0 & 2x+3y-8 = 0 and σx2 =12 calculate
a. The mean values of X & Y
b. Variance of y
c. Coefficient of correlation between x & y
11. Given the following data
X Y
Arithmetic Mean 36 85
SD 11 8
Correlation coefficient 0.66
a. Find the two regression equations
b. Estimate value of X when y=75
12. Regression equation of two variables X & Y are as follows 3X+2Y-26 = 0 & 6X+Y-
31=0. Find
a. Mean of X & Y
b. Regression coefficient of X on Y
c. Correlation coefficient of A & Y
d. The most probable value of Y when X = 5
13. A panel of judges A & B graded the following 7 debaters and independently awarded
the following marks
Debaters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks A: 40 34 28 30 44 38 31
Marks B: 32 39 26 30 38 34 28
An eighth debater was awarded 36 marks by judge A while judge B was not present.
How many marks would you expect him to award the 8 th debater assuming that the
 same degree of relationship exists in their judgment? Find also the correlation
coefficient

Correlation

16. Find Karl Pearson coefficient of correlation and interpret its value for the following data
Age: 20 30 32 35 40 46 52 55 58 62

Sick day: 1 2 0 3 4 6 5 7 8 9

17. Find Spearman’s correlation coefficient

Marks by judge 1: 86 58 64 74 48 70 94

Marks by judge 2: 90 45 72 64 59 60 80

18. Calculate coefficient of correlation between age and sum assured from the data given below
and comment on the value
Sum assured (Rs)

Age 5000 10000 15000 20000

20-30 2 3 4 6

30-40 - 2 3 5

40-50 - 2 2 3

50-60 5 8 3 2

19. Obtain Karl Pearson correlation coefficient between X & Y

X: 23 29 33 35 39 34 38

Y: 15 18 21 17 25 26 28

20. Calculate coefficient of correlation between price and sales from the following data
Price(Rs): 100 90 85 92 90 84 88 90

Sales: 500 610 700 630 670 800 800 750

21. Obtain the correlation coefficient between the heights of fathers(X) and of the sons(Y) from
the following data
X: 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 67

Y: 67 68 64 72 70 67 70 68

22. A survey regarding the incomes and savings of 100 school teachers in a certain city provides
the following data
Savings

Income in Rs 50 100 150 200

400 8 4 - -
 600 - 12 24 6

800 - 9 7 2

1000 - - 10 5

1200 - - 9 4

Calculate Karl Pearson correlation coefficient.

23. Following data relates to production and export (in million tons) of certain material.
Calculate the coefficient of correlation and comment on the result.
Production 55 56 58 59 60 60 62

Export 35 38 38 39 44 43 44

24. Calculate Rank correlation between the heights of father and son of the following table.
(Heights in inches)
Height of 65 63 67 64 68 62 70 66 68 67 69 71
Father

Height of Son 68 66 68 65 69 66 68 65 71 67 68 70

25. The coefficient of rank correlation of marks obtained by 10 students in English and
economics was found to be 5. It was later discovered that the difference in ranks in the two
subjects obtained by one of the students was wrongly taken as 3 instead of 7. Find the
correct coefficient of rank correlation.
26. Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation and its probable error between ages
100 mothers and daughters.
Age of Age of Daughters
Mothers

5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30

6 3 - - -

15-25 3 16 10 - -

25-35 - 10 15 7 -

35-45 - - 7 10 4

45-55 - - - 4 5

55-65

27. Calculate Spearman’s correlation coefficient from the following data relating to overhead
expenses and cost of production
Over heads in (crores) 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160
 Cost in (crores) 15 15 16 19 17 18 16 18 19

28. Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation for the following data of prices and
demand (43, 105), (54, 98), (85, 53), (91,49),(59, 84) (95, 40), (68, 73), (29, 59), (73, 63), (72,
52)
29. Calculate Spearman’s correlation coefficient correlation from the following data
Supply: 120 110 120 119 140 125 127 119 140 160

Demand: 240 250 260 266 232 245 255 267 268 239

30. Calculate Pearson’s coefficient of correlation from the following data using 44 and 26
respectively as the origin of X and Y
X: 43 44 46 40 44 42 45 42 38 40 42 57

Y: 29 31 19 18 19 27 27 29 41 30 26 10

Regression

14. Obtain the equation of 2 regression lines for the data given below
X: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Y: 17 20 25 30 33 32 39 40 42

15. Given the following results of the height & Weight of 1000 students the mean height is
170cm; the mean weight is 75Kg;the S.D of the height & weight are 6cm & 6Kg respectively;
r=0.60;Amit weight 50Kg, Summit is height 1.5m tall. Estimate the height of Amit from his
weight and weight of Summit from his height
16. You are supplied with the following data; Variance of X = 36;
12X – 85Y + 99 =0; 60X + 27Y = 321; Calculate

iv) Average values of X & Y

v) S.D of Y
vi) Correlation between X & Y
17. An analyst for a certain company was studying the relationship between trend expenses in
Rs (Y) for 102 sales trips and the duration in days(X) of these trips. He has found that
relationship between X & Y is linear. A summary of the data is given below
2 2
∑X = 510 ∑Y=7140 ∑XY = 54900 ∑X =4150 ∑Y = 740200

a. Estimate the two regression equations from the above data

b. A given trip has to take seven days how much money should a sales man be allowed
so that he will not run short of money
18. The two regression lines are 4x - 5y + 33 = 0 and 20x – 9y =107 and variance of x = 25. Find (i)
the means of x and y (ii) the value of r and (iii) σ y
19. A company wants to assess the impact of R&D expenditure on annual profits. The following
table gives the information for years. Estimate the regression equation and predict the
annual profit for the year for an allocated sum of Rs15000 as R &D expenditure
Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

R&D Expenditure(‘000Rs) 9 7 5 10 4 5 3 2

Annual profit(‘000Rs) 45 42 41 60 30 34 25 20
20. The following data were recently reported by an economist who wanted to learn about the
relationship between a family’s income and the proportion of that income spent for food.
Each of the families consisted of a married couple with two teenage children
Income (in ‘000Rs):14 18 22 28 35 39 42

% spent on food: 35 33 32 29 23 19 17

Predict the amount of money spent on food by a family of size 4 that earns 31000
annually

21. In the following table are reordered data showing the test scores made by salesmen as an
intelligence test and their weekly sales
Salesman 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Test Score 0 70 50 60 80 50 90 40 60 60

Sales (‘000Rs) 2.5 6 4.5 5 4.5 2.8 5.5 3 4.5 3

Calculate the regression line of sales on best scores and estimate the most probable weekly
sales volume if a salesman makes a score of 7. Also estimate the test score when the sales is
5000Rs

22. In the estimation of regression equation of two variables X and Y the following results were
obtained X = 90, Y=70, n =10, ∑X 2=6330, ∑Y2 = 2860, ∑XY = 3900, Obtain the regression
equations.
23. Two lines of regression are given by x+2y-5 = 0 & 2x+3y-8 = 0 and σx2 =12 calculate
a. The mean values of X & Y
b. Variance of y
c. Coefficient of correlation between x & y
24. Given the following data
X Y

Arithmetic Mean 36 85

SD 11 8

Correlation coefficient 0.66

a. Find the two regression equations

b. Estimate value of X when y=75
25. Regression equation of two variables X & Y are as follows 3X+2Y-26 = 0 & 6X+Y-31=0. Find
a. Mean of X & Y
b. Regression coefficient of X on Y
c. Correlation coefficient of A & Y
d. The most probable value of Y when X = 5
26. A panel of judges A & B graded the following 7 debaters and independently awarded the
following marks
Debaters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Marks A: 40 34 28 30 44 38 31
Marks B: 32 39 26 30 38 34 28

An eighth debater was awarded 36 marks by judge A while judge B was not present. How
many marks would you expect him to award the 8 th debater assuming that the same degree
of relationship exists in their judgment? Find also the correlation coefficient