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What is the correlation coefficient with the following data points: (2,26), (3,2), (5,16) 0.14 -0.24 0.24 -0.14

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Answer:

Long answer short, its B: -0.24

Explanation:

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The correlation coefficient is calculated by the given formula


r=\frac{n(\sum xy)-(\sum x)(\sum y)}{\sqrt{{(n\sum x^(2)-(\sum x)^(2))(n\sum y^(2)-(\sum y)^(2))}}}

Here we have to find correlation coefficient for three ordered pairs, so n=3


\sum x = 2+3+5=10


\sum y = 26+2+16=44


\sum xy = 52+6+80 =138


\sum x^(2) = 4+9+25 =38


\sum y^(2) =676+4+256 =936

Substituting all the values in the above formula,


r=(3(138)-440)/(√((38(3)-100)(3(936)-1936)))


r= (-26)/(√(14 * 872))

r= -0.24

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