Dr B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Department of Mathematics
Probability and Statistics (MACI-204)
Assignment – 9

1. Show that the coefficient of correlation is independent of change of scale and origin of the
variable.
2. Calculate the coefficient of correlation between and for the following distribution
1 3 4 5 7 8 10
2 6 8 10 14 16 20
3. The following table gives the numbers of blind per lakh of population in different age-groups.
Find out the correlation between age and blindness
Age in years 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
No. of blind/lakh 55 67 100 111 150 200 300 500
4. The variable X and Y are normally correlated and  , are defined by
  X cos   Y sin  ,   Y cos   X sin 
Obtain  so that the distribution of  and are independent.
5. Ten competitors in a musical test were ranked by the three judges A, B and C in the in the
following order

Rank by A 1 6 5 10 3 2 4 9 7 8
Rank by B 3 5 8 4 7 10 2 1 6 9
Rank by C 6 4 9 8 1 2 3 10 5 7
Using rank correlation method, discuss witch pair judges the nearest approach to common links in
music.
6. Obtain the rank correlation coefficient for the following data
65 63 67 64 68 62 70 66 68 67 69 71
68 66 68 65 69 66 68 65 71 67 68 70
7. The two regression equations of the variables and are
= 19.13 − 0.87 and = 11.64 − 0.50
Find (i) mean of (ii) mean of (iii) the correlation coefficient between and .
8. Obtain the equations of two lines of regression for the following data. Also obtain the estimate of
for = 70
:65 66 67 67 68 69 70 72
:67 68 65 68 72 72 69 71
9. In the following table are recorded data showing the test scores made by salesman on an
intelligence test and their weekly sales
Salesman 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Test scores 40 70 50 60 80 50 90 40 60 60
Sales 205 6.0 4.5 5.0 4.5 2.0 5.5 3.0 4.5 3.0
Calculate the regression line of sales on test scores and the most probable weekly sales volume if
a salesman makes a score of 10.
10. Calculate the co-efficient of correlation for the following data:
10-40 40-70 70-100 Total
0-30 5 20 - 25
30-60 - 28 2 30
60-90 - 32 13 45
Total 5 80 15 100