First, you need to determine x and y and then complete a table like the one below.

x =
n

i=1
x
i
n
= 71
y =
n

i=1
y
i
n
= 154,83 (rounded to two decimal places)
Resting heart rate (x) Peak heart rate (y) (x x)
2
(y y)
2
48 138 529 283,25
56 136 225 354,57
90 180 361 633,53
65 150 36 23,33
75 151 16 14,67
78 161 49 38,07
80 155 81 0,03
72 154 1 0,69
82 175 121 406,83
76 158 25 10,05
68 145 9s 96,63
62 155 81 0,03

= 852

= 1858

= 1534

= 1861,68

x
=

i=1
(x
i
x)
2
n
=

1534
12
= 3,26

y
=

i=1
(y
i
y)
2
n
=

1861,68
12
= 3,60
b = 0,96
r = 0,96
3,26
3,60
= 0,87
Step 5: Conrm your answer using your calculator
Once you know the method for nding the equation of the best line of t on your
calculator, nding the value for r is trivial. After you have entered all your x and y
values into your calculator, in STAT mode:
on a SHARP calculator: press [RCL] then [r] (the same key as [])
on a CASIO calculator: press [SHIFT] then [STAT], [5], [3] then [=]
Step 6: Comment on the correlation coefcient
r = 0,87
Therefore, there is a strong, positive, linear relationship between resting heart rate and
peak heart rate during exercise. This means that the higher your resting heart rate, the
higher your peak heart rate during exercise is likely to be.
390 9.3. Correlation