CORRELATION & REGRESSION

Total No.of questions in Correlation & Regression are -

Level # 1 .................................................................................... 47
Level # 2 .................................................................................... 14

Total No. of questions .............................................................. 61

 LEVEL # 1
Questions
Coefficient of correlation  2x   2y   2x  y
based on
(C) r =
x y
Q.1 For the given data, the calculation  2x   2y   2x  y
corresponding to all values of pairs (x, y) is (D) r =
x y
following (x – x )2 = 36, (y – y )2 = 25,
(x – x )(y – y ) = 20. Then the Karl Pearson's Q.6 For the following data of bivariate
correlation coefficient, is - n = 25,  x = 125,  y = 100
(A) 0.2 (B) 0.5  x 2 = 650,  y2 = 436,  xy = 520
(C) 0.66 (D) 0.33 The coefficient of correlation is
(A) 1/2 (B) 2/5
Q.2 The coefficient of correlation for the following (C) 3/5 (D) 2/3
data
Q.7 If X and Y are two variables such that Cov
x : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(X, Y) = 1,  2x = 4,  2y = 4, then r (X, Y) =
y : 3 10 5 1 2 9 4 8 7 6
will be (A) 1/2 (B) – 1/2
(C) 1/4 (D) – 1/4
(A) 0.224 (B) 0.240
(C) 0.30 (D) None of these Q.8 Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation
between x and y for the following data
Q.3 The value of  [(x – x )(y – y ) is - x : 3 4 8 9 6 2 1
y : 5 3 7 7 6 9 2 is
(A) n . rxy . x y (B) rxy  2x  2y (A) 0.480 (B) – 0.480
(C) 0.408 (D) – 0.408
(C) rxy x y (D) None of these
Q.9 Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation
between the marks in English and
Q.4 Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation Mathematics by ten students
between two variables X and Y is defined by
Marks in English : 20 13 18 21 11 12 17 14 19 15
Cov ( X, Y )
(A) Marks in Maths : 17 12 23 25 14 8 19 21 22 19
Var ( X) Var ( Y)
will be
Cov ( X, Y ) (A) 0.75 (B) – 0.75
(B) Var ( X) Var ( Y) (C) 0.57 (D) None of these

1 n Q.10 Coefficient of correlation from the following

 ( yi  Y ) data
n i1
(C) x : 1 2 3 4 5
n n
 ( xi  X ) 2  ( yi  Y) 2 y : 2 5 7 8 10
i 1 i1
will be -
(D) None of these (A) 0.97 (B) – 0.97
(C) 0.90 (D) None of these
Q.5 The coefficient of correlation between two
variable x and y is given by Q.11 Coefficient of correlation between x and y for
 2x   2y   2x  y the following data
(A) r = x : 15 16 17 17 18 20 10
2x y
y : 12 17 15 16 12 15 11
 2x   2y   2x  y will be approximately
(B)r = (A) 0.50 (B) 0.53
2x y
(C) – 0.50 (D) – 0.53
Q.12 The coefficient of correlation for the following Questions
based on
Properties of (r)
x : 2 4 5 6 3 6 8 10
y : 5 6 6 8 4 8 12 15
Q.19 If r = 0.2, then linear correlation will be
will be approximately
necessarily
(A) 0.90 (B) 0.96 (A) Perfect (B) Negative
(C) – 0.90 (D) – 0.96
(C) Very low (D) Very high
Q.13 For the following data
Q.20 If coefficient of correlation between the
x : 10 7 12 12 9 16 12 variables x and y is zero, then
y : 6 4 7 8 10 7 10 (A) Variables x and y have no relation
the value of r will be (B) y decreases as x increases
(A) 0.207 (B) – 0.207 (C) y increases as x increases
(C) 0.287 (D) – 0.287 (D) There may be a relation between x and y

Q.14 The coefficient of correlation between X and Q.21 W hen the origin is changed, then the
Y is 0.6. Their covariance is 4.8, Var coefficient of correlation
(X) = 9. Then y is (A) Becomes zero (B) Varies
(A) 8/3 (B) 3/8 (C) Remains fixed (D) None of these
(C) 8/9 (D) None of these
Q.22 When the correlation between two variables
is perfect, then the value of coefficient of
Questions
based on
Definitions & Co-variance correlation r is
(A) – 1 (B) + 1
Q.15 For a bivariate distribution (xi, yi); i = 1, 2 ..., (C) 0 (D) ± 1
n, Cov (X, Y) is given by Q.23 Limits for the liner coefficient of correlation
n are
(A)  (x i – X ) (yi – Y )
i1 1
(A) –  < r <  (B) –  < < 
1 n r
(B)  (xi – X ) (yi – Y ) (C) – 1  r  1 (D) – 1  r  1
n i1

n F
G I F y IJ
n
 xJG
n Q.24 If r = – 0.97, then
(C)  x i yi –
i1 H KH K
i 1
i
i1
i (A) Correlation is negative and curved
(D) None of these (B) Correlation is linear and negative
(C) Correlation is in third and fourth quadrant
Q.16 For the following pairs of observations (1, 10), (D) None of these
(2, 9), (3, 9), (4, 8), (5, 6) (6, 12), (7, 4),
(8, 3) (9, 13), (10, 1) cov (x, y) = Q.25 The coefficient of correlation is independent
(A) 1.05 (B) 2.45 of
(C) – 4.45 (D) – 4.9 (A) change of scale only
(B) change of origin only
Q.17 The means of variables x and y are x and y (C) both change of scale and origin
respectively. Then the value of covariance is (D) neither change of scale nor change of
origin
1
(A)  x i yi – x y (B)  x i yi – x y
n Q.26 Which of the following statements is correct
1 (A) Correlation coefficient is the arithmetic
(C)  x i yi + x y (D) xiyi – xy mean of the regression coefficient
n
(B) Correlation coefficient is the geometric
Q.18 If x = 15, y = 36, xy = 110, n = 5, then mean of the regression coefficient
cov (x, y) equals (C) Correlation coefficient is the harmonic
(A) 1/5 (B) –1/5 mean of the regression coefficient
(C) 2/5 (D) –2/5 (D) None of these
 Questions Q.33 If the lines of regression coincide, then the
based on
Rank correlation
value of correlation coefficient is
(A) 0 (B) 1
Q.27 Karl Pearson's coefficient of rank correlation
(C) 0.5 (D) 0.33
between the ranks obtained by ten students
in Mathematics and Chemistry in a class Q.34 The line of regression of X on Y referred to
test as given below
the means of X and Y as the origin is
Rank in Mathematics : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
Rank in Chemistry : 3 10 5 1 2 9 4 8 7 6 (A) x – X = r  (y – Y )
y
is x
(A) 0.224 (B) 0.204 (B) x = r  (y – Y )
y
(C) 0.240 (D) None of these
x
(C) x = r y y
Q.28 If the coefficient of rank correlation between
marks in Mathematics and marks in Physics (D) None of these
obtained by a certain group of students is
0.8. If the sum of the squares of the
Q.35 If 3x = 2y – 1 and 2x + 3y + 1 = 0 are two
differences in ranks is given to be 33, then
lines of regression, then the coefficient of
the number of students in the group is
correlation will be
(A) 11 (B) 10
(C) 30 (D) None of these (A) 0 (B) – 1
(C) 1 (D) None of these
Questions
based on
Line of regression Q.36 If the lines of regression are 3x + 12y = 19
and 3y + 9x = 46 then rxy will be
Q.29 Two lines of regression are 3x + 4y + 7 = 0 (A) 0.289 (B) – 0.289
and 4x + y – 5 = 0. Then correlation (C) 0.209 (D) None of these
coefficient between x and y is
Q.37 If the two lines of regression are
3 3 4x + 3y + 7 = 0 and 3x + 4y + 8 = 0, then
(A) (B) –
4 4 the means of x and y are
3 3 4 11 4 11
(C) (D) – (A) – , – (B) – ,
16 16 7 7 7 7
Q.30 If the lines of regression be x – y = 0 and 4 11
(C) , – (D) 4, 7
7 7
4x – y – 3 = 0, and  2x
= 1, then the
coefficient of correlation is Questions
(A) – 0.5 (B) 0.5 based on
Regression coefficient & properties
(C) 1.0 (D) – 1.0
Q.38 If the values of regression coefficients are
Q.31 If the lines of regression of y on x and that – 0.33 and – 1.33, then the value of coefficient
of x on y are y = kx + 4 and x = 4y + 5 of correlation between the two variables, is
respectively, then
(A) 0.2 (B) – 0.66
(A) k  0 (B) k  0
(C) 0.4 (D) – 0.4
(C) 0  k  ¼ (D) 0  k  1
Q.39 If byx and bxy are regression coefficients of
Q.32 If the regression equations of the variables x Y on X and X on Y respectively, then
and y be x = 19.13 – 0.83 y and y = 11.64
(A) byx + bxy = 2r (X, Y)
– 0.50x, then the correlation coefficient
between x and y is (B) byx + bxy < 2 r (X, Y)
(A) 0.66 (B) – 0.64 (C) byx + bxy  2 r (X , Y)
(C) 0.001 (D) – 0.001 (D) None of these
Q.40 If the correlation coefficient between two Q.44 If x1 and x 2 are regression coefficients and
variables X and Y is 0.4 and the regression r is the coefficient of correlation, then
coefficient of X on Y is 0.2, then the (A) x1 – x2 > r (B) x1 + x2 < r
regression coefficient of Y on X is (C) x1 + x 2 > 2r (D) None of these
(A) 0.4 (B) ± 0.8
(C) 0.8 (D) None of these Q.45 If the coefficient of correlation is positive, then
the regression coefficients
4
Q.41 If the regression coefficient of Y on X is , (A) Both are positive
3
(B) Both are negative
then the regression coefficient of X on Y
(C) One is positive and another is negative
(A) is 3/4
(D) None of these
(B) is less than 3/4
(C) is less than 1
Q.46 If both the regression lines intersect
(D) can take any value perpendicularly, then
(A) r < – 1 (B) r = – 1
Q.42 If one regression coefficient be unity, then
the other will be (C) r = 0 (D) r = 1/2
(A) Greater than unity
(B) Greater than or equal to unity Q.47 If var (x) = 21/4 and var (y) = 21 and r = 1,
then standard error of y is
(C) Less than or equal to unity
(D) None of these (A) 0 (B) 1/2
(C) 1/4 (D) 1
Q.43 If the lines of regression of Y on X and X on
Y make angles 30º and 60º respectively with
the positive direction of x-axis, then the
correlation coefficient between X and Y is
(A) 1 (B) – 1
1
(C) (D) 3
3
 LEVEL # 2
Q.1 If r is the coefficient of correlation and Q.7 From the following observations {(x, y)} =
Y = a + bX, then | r | = {(1, 7), (4, 5), (7, 2), (10, 6), (13, 5)} The line
of regression of y on x is
a b
(A) (B) (A) 7x + 30y – 187 = 0
b a
(C) 1 (D) None of these (B) 7x – 30y – 187 = 0
(C) 7x – 30y + 187 = 0
Q.2 If (D) None of these
x : 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
y : 25 18 16 16 14 8 8 4 Q.8 The points of scatter diagram in perfect
Then positive correlation are situated at the line
(A) r = 0 (B) r is positive (A) y = –x (B) y = x
(C) r is negative (D) None of these (C) y = 2x (D) Y = – 2x

Q.3 In a scatter diagram, the points are scattered Q.9 For the bivariate frequency table for x and y
equally in all corners of a quadrants, then
(A) r = 1 (B) r = – 1
y x 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 Sum
(C) r = 0 (D) r = ± 1/2
0 – 10 3 2 4 2 11
Q.4 For a bivariate distribution (x i, yi); i = 1, 2, 10 – 20 — 1 3 1 5
...., n, bxy equals 20 – 30 3 2 — — 5
n n 30 – 40 — 6 7 — 13
 xi y i  n X Y  xi y i  n X Y
1 i1 i1 Sum 6 11 14 3 34
(A) n
(B)
n n
 xi2  n X 2  xi2  n X 2
i1 i1 Then the marginal frequency distribution for y
is given by
n n
 xi y i  n 2 X Y  xi y i  n X Y
i1 i1 (A) 0 – 10 6 (B) 0 – 10 11
(C) (D)
n n 10 – 20 11 10 – 20 5
 xi2  n X 2  yi2  n ( Y ) 2
i1 i1 20 – 30 14 20 – 30 5
30 – 40 3 30 – 40 13
Q.5 If the standard deviation of a variable x is ,
then the standard deviation of another
ax  b 0 – 10 10
variable is
c 10 – 20 12
(C) 20 – 30 11 (D) None of these
a  b a
(A) (B) 30 – 40 1
c c
(C)  (D) None of these

Q.6 Coefficient of correlation between x and y for Q.10 If correlation between x and y is r, then
the following data between y and x correlation will be
x : –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 1
(A) – r (B)
y : 16 9 4 1 0 1 4 9 16 r
will be (C) r (D) 1 – r
(A) 1 (B) – 1
(C) 0 (D) None of these
Q.11 The coefficient of correlation for the following Q.13 If y = m1x + c1 is the regression line of y on
data x and y = m 2x + c2 is the regression line of
x : 20 25 30 35 40 45 x on y, then which is true
y : 16 10 8 20 5 10 (A) m1m2 < 1 (B) 0  m1 m 2  1
will be : m1 m2
(A) 0.32 (B) – 0.32 (C) – 1  m2 (D) – 1  m1
(C) 0.35 (D) None of these

Q.14 If the covariance between x and y is 10 and

Q.12 If the coefficient of correlation is positive, then the variance of x and y are 16 and 9
for the values of the variables x, y when the respectively, then the coefficient of correlation
value of x increases perfectly, then between x and y is
(A) The value of y increases (A) 0.61 (B) 0.79
(B) The value of y decreases (C) 0.83 (D) 0.93
(C) the value of y remains constant
(D) Nothing can be said

ANSWER KEY
LEVEL # 1
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. C A A B B D C C A A B B C A B C B C C A
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. C D C B C B A B B B C B B C A B A B C C
Q.No. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
Ans. A,B C C C A C A

LEVEL # 2
Qus. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Ans. C C C D B C D B B C B A C C