This document contains three examples of calculating the correlation coefficient (r) between two variables from sample data.
In the first example, wind velocity and sand drift rate at a national monument showed a strong positive linear correlation (r = 0.949).
The second example found a strong negative linear correlation (r = -0.969) between the number of police officers and reported muggings in a city park.
The third example showed a strong positive linear correlation (r = 0.7648) between university student enrollment and number of campus burglaries per year.
This document contains three examples of calculating the correlation coefficient (r) between two variables from sample data.
In the first example, wind velocity and sand drift rate at a national monument showed a strong positive linear correlation (r = 0.949).
The second example found a strong negative linear correlation (r = -0.969) between the number of police officers and reported muggings in a city park.
The third example showed a strong positive linear correlation (r = 0.7648) between university student enrollment and number of campus burglaries per year.
This document contains three examples of calculating the correlation coefficient (r) between two variables from sample data.
In the first example, wind velocity and sand drift rate at a national monument showed a strong positive linear correlation (r = 0.949).
The second example found a strong negative linear correlation (r = -0.969) between the number of police officers and reported muggings in a city park.
The third example showed a strong positive linear correlation (r = 0.7648) between university student enrollment and number of campus burglaries per year.
1.
Sand
driven
by
wind
creates
large
dunes
at
the
Great
Sand
Dunes
National
Monument
in
Colorado.
Is
there
a
linear
relationship
correlation
between
wind
velocity
and
sand
drift
rate?
A
test
site
at
the
Great
Sand
Dunes
National
Monument
gave
the
following
information
about
𝑥 ,
wind
velocity
in
10cm/sec,
and
𝑦,
drift
rate
of
sand
in
100g/cm/sec.
b)
Compute
the
correlation
coefficient
using
the
formula.
c)
What
does
the
value
of
r
tell
you?
2.
In
one
of
the
Boston
city
parks,
there
has
been
a
problem
with
muggings
in
the
summer
months.
A
police
cadet
took
a
random
sample
of
10
days
(out
of
the
90-‐day
summer)
and
compiled
the
following
data.
For
each
day,
𝑥
represents
the
number
of
police
officers
on
duty
in
the
park
and
𝑦
represents
the
number
of
reported
muggings
on
that
day.
b)
Compute
the
correlation
coefficient
using
the
formula.
c)
What
does
the
value
of
r
tell
you?
3.
A
study
was
conducted
to
determine
if
larger
universities
tend
to
have
more
property
crime.
Let
𝑥
represent
student
enrollment
(in
thousands)
and
let
𝑦
represent
the
number
of
burglaries
in
a
year
on
the
campus.
A
random
sample
of
8
universities
in
California
gave
the
following
information:
b)
Compute
the
correlation
coefficient
using
the
formula.
c)
What
does
the
value
of
r
tell
you?
Answers
1)
b)
𝑟 = 0.949
c)
strong
positive
linear
correlation
2)
b)
𝑟 = −0.969
c)
strong
negative
linear
correlation
3)
b)
𝑟 = 0.7648
c)
strong
positive
linear
correlation