Wednesday, 27 May 2020

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (C)

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT

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1) Correlation between x and y is 0.52, their covariance is 7.8. If the variance of x is 16, then S.D of y is: A 2.85.  B) 3.25. C) 1.25.  D) 3.75

2) Find r if ∑x=50, ∑y=100, ∑x²=255, ∑y²=4594, ∑xy=630,n=10

A) 0.8678.            B) 0.9698              C) 0. 9688.            D) None

3) Find r if  ∑x=125, ∑y=100,        ∑x²= 650, ∑y²=436, ∑xy=520,n=25  A) 0.667.               B) - 0.667

C) 1.667.               C) 0.0667

4) Find r, n=8 ∑x=56, ∑y=40, ∑x²=524, ∑y²= 256, ∑xy= 364.

5) Find r if n=10, ∑x=140,∑y=150,

 ∑(x-10)²=180, ∑=(y-15)²=215, 

 ∑(x-10)(y-15)=60 

a) 0.81   b) 0.91 c) -0.81  d) -0.91

6) find r if n=12, ∑x=120, ∑y=130,

 ∑(x-8)²=150, ∑(y-10)²= 200,

 ∑(x-8)(y-10)= 50

a) 0.215  b) -0.215 c) -0.317  d) n

7) Find r if 

¹²ᵢ₌₁∑(x - mean of x)²=120,

  ¹²ᵢ₌₁∑(y- mean of y)²=250 ,

 ¹²ᵢ₌₁∑(x-mean of x)(y-mn of y) = 225.

a) 0.987  b) -0.75 c) 0.75 d) 0.85

8) If cov(x,y)=12, r=0.6 and s.d of

    x=5 find s.d of y.

a) 2     b) 3   c) 1 d) 4

9) If r=0.5, ∑uv=120,∑u²=90 and σᵥ=8 find n

a) 8    b) 9 c) 10     d) 12


10) cov (u,v)=3, σ²ᵤ= 4.5, σ²ᵥ=5.5, find r.

a) +0.503             b) +0.603

c) -0.603              d) -0.556


11) Find the probable error of r if

      r=0.05 and n=25.

a) 0.1928               b) 0.1292

c) 0.0129               d) 0.0192


12) If r= +0.526 and n=50, what is the probable of r.

a) 0.06623               b) 0.6623

c) 1.6623                 d) - 0.6629


13) ¹⁰⁰ᵢ₌₁∑x=280, ¹⁰⁰ᵢ₌₁∑y=60,

     ¹⁰⁰ᵢ₌₁∑x²=2384, ¹⁰⁰ᵢ₌₁∑y²=117,

     ¹⁰⁰ᵢ₌₁∑xy=438. find

i) Correlation coefficient

a) 0.45     b) 0.75 c) 0.95   d) 1

ii) Coefficient of determination.

a) 0.0456         b) 0.9556

c) 0.5625         d) 0.2595

iii) The percentage of variation unaccounted for is 

a) 43.85%             b) 56.25%

c) 65.52%             d) none

iv) standard error of r is 

a) 0.04234            b) 0.05784

c) 0.03585            c) 0.04375

v) Probable error of r is.

a) 0.02951             b) 0.29515

c) 0.95411             d) none


14) X:  1     2     3     4     5              

       Y:  3     2     5     4     6   find r.

a) 0.45   b) 0.8 c) 0.95   d) 1.00


15) X:     1      2       3       4        5.   

      Y:     6      8      11      8      12    Find r.

a) +0.775                 b) - 0.775

c) + 0.895                d) + 0.956


16) X: 10   12  13  16  17   20   25  

       Y: 19   22  24  27  29   33   37 

 find correlation Coefficient.

a) -0.987  b) 0.99 c)0.895 d) -0.99


17) You are given the following data relating to aptitude scores(x) and productivity index(y).

x-     9    18     18     20    20      23  

y-    33   23     33     42    29      32

Find the co-efficient of correlation between aptitude and productivity index.

a) 0.3333                b) 0.0237

c) 0.0337                d) 0.0733


18) Find correlation coefficient 

X-    4     6        8      10       12         

Y-    3     6        9      12       15

a) +1     b) - 1 c) 0     d) +0.878


19) Find r taking 44 and 26 as the 

     origin of X and Y

X                 Y

43              29

44              31

46              19

40              18

44              19

42              27

45              27

42              29

38              41

40              30

42              26

57              10

a) -0.73                      b) +0.73 

c) -0.537                   d) +0.537


20) Calculate correlation between age and playing habits of students from the data given .

age(yrs)   no. of       regular

                students        players

15              250                200

16              200                150

17              150                 90

18              120                 48

19              100                 30

20               80                  12

a) - 0.0963              b) + 0.096

c) - 0.1963              d) + 0.0963


21) What can be said about the coefficient of correlation .

X   1   2      3      4     5      6       7     

Y   3   5      6      8    10    11    13

a) r is greater than 0

b) X ,Y are positively correlated

c) r= 1 - 0.0028       d) none


22) In order to find the correlation coefficient between X and Y where n=12, ∑x=30, ∑y=5, ∑x²=670, y²=285, ∑xy=334. On subsequent verification it was found that the pair (11,4) was copied wrongly, the correct value being(10,14). find correct correlation coefficient.

a) -0.87 b) -0.78  c) 0.87 d) 0.78


23) In order to find the correlation coefficient between X and Y where n=25, ∑x=125, ∑y=100, ∑x²=650, y²=460, xy= 508. On subsequent verification it was found that (6,14) and (8,6) was copied wrongly, the correct value being(8,12) and (6,8). find correct correlation coefficient.

a) 0.76 b) 0.67  c) -0.756 d) -0.678


24) For bivariate data, there exist many types of relationship between the variables?

a) one b) two c) three d) more


25) If the data are collected for two variables simultaneously, it is known as:

a) Univariate Data. 

b) Biveriate Data

c) Conditional Data

d) Marginal Data


26) The frequency distribution related to two variables collected at the same point of time is known as :

a) Bivariate Frequency Distri.

B) Joint frequency distribution

C) two-way frequency distribution

D) all of the above


27) From the Bivariate Frequency Distribution, we can obtain which of the following Univariate distribution ?

A) Marginal distribution

B) Conditional distribution

C) both A and B above

D) neither A nor B above


28) The total number of cells in (m+n) bivariate frequency table are :

A) m+n. B) m -n. C) m.  D) mn


29) In a bivariate frequency distribution, if there m classification for x and n classification for y, then there would be altogether ___ conditional distribution.

A) m+n. B) m -n. C) m.  D) mn


30) In (m+n) bivariate frequency table, the maximum number of marginal distribution is:

A) 1.     B) 2. C) No marginal distribution exists.    D) m+n.


31) In (m+n) bivariate distribution table, some of the cell frequencies may be:

A) Zero.                    B) negative. 

C) Both A and B above. D) none


32) For which of the following statements the correlation will be negative ?

A) production and price unit.

B) sale of woolen garments and day temperature.

C) Only A above

D) Both A and B above


33) Which of the following is the example of variables Which are uncorrelated ?

A) Profit & Investment

B) Price & Demand of an item.

C) Shoe-size & Intelligence.

D) Yield & Rainfall.


34) Karl Pearson's correlation coefficient may be defined as:

A) The ratio of covariance between the two variables to the product of the standard deviations of the two variables.

B) The ratio of covariance between the two variables to the product of the variance of the two variables.

C) The ratio of product of standard deviations of the two variables to the covariance between the two variables.

D) none


35) If the value of "r" is "+". then there is a____correlation between the variables.

A) negative.        B) positive

C) both negative and positive

D) neither positive nor negative.


36) If r=0, then there is____ correlation between the two variables.

A) negative.   B) positive. C) No

D) both positive and negative.


37) If the variables are inversely proportional to each other, then statistically they are__ correlated.

A) positively.            B) not

C) negatively.           D) none


38) Which of the following statements are valid?

A) positive value of correlation between x and y implies that if x decreases, y tends increase.

B) Correlation coefficient is independent of the origin of reference but is dependent on the units of measurement.

C) Correlation coefficient between u and v turned out to be -1.02

D) none


39) Product moment Correlation coefficient, can measure Correlation when the variables are having which type (s) of relation?

A) non-linear.      B) linear

C) curvilinear.    D) both A and B


40) ___ is the simple way of the diagrammatic representation of bivariate data.

A) Time Series Graph.

B) Radar Diagram

C) Frequency Polygon

D) Scatter Diagram


41) The scatter diagram gives us the ___ ideas about the Correlation between the two variables

A) exact. B) Vague. C) No.D) none


42) Scatter Diagram can be applied for___ Correlation.

A) linear.             B) Curvilinear

C) A as well as B above

D) Only B above


43) Scatter Diagram fails to:

A) Distinguish between different types of Correlation.

B) Measure the extent of relationship between the variables

C) Both A and B above. D) none


44) On a scatter diagram if one is not able to recognise a specific pattern, then the two variables depicts_____ Correlation.

A) no. B) positive. C) both negative and positive

D) perfectly negative.


45) Which of the following regarding value of "r" is TRUE ? 

A) "r" is a pure number

B) "r" lies between-1 and+1

C) Only B is true

D) Both A and B are true


46) Which of the following regarding value of "r" is TRUE ? 

A) 0 and 1.         B) - 1 and 0

C) - 1 and+1.     D) none


47) ____ Correlation coefficient is a measure of reliability.

A) standard error. 

B) statistical error

C) probable error

D) both A and C above


48) Coefficient of Determination is:

A) square of Correlation

B) cube of Correlation

C) square root of Correlation

D) none


49) Standard Error of "r" is given by:

A) (1 - r²)/n.      B) (1-r²)/√n

C) (1+r²)/√n.     D) none


50) Probable error of r is how many times the standard error of r

A) 6.745.B) 67.C)0.6745 d) 0.4765


51) Coefficient of non-determination is :

A) r². B) 1+r². C) 1 - r².  D) 1


52) The ratio of coefficient of non- determination and the square root of the number of variables is known as:

A ) Probable error. B) error

C) standard error.   D) none


53) Find Correlation coefficient

X:  2      3         5         8         9         

Y:  4      6        10       16      18

A) 1         B) 0 C) -1    D) none


54) If r ˣʸ = 0.6, what will be the value of rᵤᵥ , where u = 3x +5 and v= 4y -3

a) -0.6   b) 0.6 c) 0.36   d) none


55) If r ˣʸ = 0.6, what will be the value rᵤᵥ , where u= 3x+5 and v=-4y+3 

a) -0.6   b) 0.6 c) 0.36   d) 0.66


56) U= 2X +11 and V= 3Y+7, What will be the Correlation coefficient between U and V ?

A) 1.   B) -1. C) r ˣʸ.   D) none


57) In a Correlation analysis, the values of Karl Pearson's Correlation coefficient and it's probable error were found to be 0.90 and 0.04 respectively. Find the value of n.

A) 9.  B) 11. C) 10.  D) 15


58) Which of the following methods to Calculate Correlation coefficient do not take into account the magnitude of the two variables?

A) Product moment method

B) Rank correlation Method

C) Concurrent deviation method

D) All of the above.


59) Which is the quickest method to find the Correlation coefficient between two variables?

A) Scatter Diagram

B) Method of concurrent deviation

C) Product Moment method

D) Spearman's Rank correlation

























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