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What is the correlation coefficient with the following data points: (2,47), (3,2), (5,26)?

0.19
-0.29
0.29
-0.19

User Amera
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The second one is the answer

User Joel DeWitt
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Answer:

Option B (-0.29)

Explanation:

Given are x,y values as

(2,47), (3,2), (5,26)

x y xy x^2 y^2

2 47 94 4 2209

3 2 6 9 4

5 26 130 25 676

Total 10 75 230 38 2889

Cov -6.666666667

r -0.2907

Thus we find correlation coefficient is -0.29

Option B is right

User Suvish Valsan
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