KARL PEARSON’S COEFFICIENT OF SKEWNESS

Also known as Product Moment of correlation

1. Calculate product moment of correlation from following data and interpret the result:
S.no of Students 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Marks (Maths) 15 18 21 24 27 30 36 39 42 48
Marks (Statistics) 25 25 27 27 31 33 35 41 41 45
2. Calculate Karl pearson’s coefficient of correlation between birth rate and death rate from the following data:
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Birth rate 24 26 32 33 35 30
Death rate 15 20 22 24 27 24
3. From the following data compute product moment correlation between X and Y.
PARTICULARS X- SERIES Y- SERIES
No. of items 15 15
Arithmetic Mean 25 18
Square of deviation from mean 136 138
Summation of product of deviation of X and Y series from their respective means = 122.
4. Two series X and Y with 50 items each have standard deviation 4.5 and 3.5 respectively. If the summation of
product of deviations of X and Y Series from their respective arithmetic means be 420, find the coefficient of
correlation between X and Y.
5. If the covariance between X and Y Variables is +12.3 and variation between X and Y are respectively 13.8 and
16.4. Find Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation between then.
6. Find the standard deviation of X series if the coefficient of correlation between X and Y series is = 0.28, and their
covariance is 7.6 and variance of Y series is 81.90.
7. The data of price and quantity purchased relating to a commodity from 5 months are given below. Calculate the
product moment correlation (Karl Pearson) between Price and Quantity and comment on it.
Month 1 2 3 4 5
Price (in Rs.) 10 10 11 12 12
Quantity (in kg) 5 6 4 3 2
8. Calculate Karl pearson’s coefficient of correlation between X and Y.
X 1 3 4 5 7 8
Y 2 6 8 10 14 16
9. Calculate karl pearson coefficient of correlation between X and Y series.
X -3 -2 -1 1 2 3
Y 9 4 1 1 4 9
 10. Calculate Karl Pearson coefficient of correlation of the following data of height of father in inches (X) and their
sons (Y).
Height (F) 65 66 57 67 68 69 70 72
Height (S) 67 56 65 68 72 72 69 71

11. Calculate Product moment of correlation between price and quantity.

Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Price (in Rs.) 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Supply (in Kg.) 400 200 500 1000 400 1100 1200

12. Calculate coefficient of correlation from the following data:

X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Y 30000 50000 60000 80000 100000 110000 130000
STANDARD DEVIATION
1. Calculate Standard deviation of the following data (All methods) : - 25, 50, 45, 30, 70, 42, 36, 48, 34, 60
2. From the following information, find standard deviation of x and y variables. ∑x = 235, ∑y = 250, ∑x2 = 6750,
∑y2=6840, N= 10.
3. Calculate Standard deviation of the following data: (by all methods)
Size 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
frequency 6 12 15 28 20 14 5
4. Calculate Arithmetic mean and standard deviation for the following data:

Value 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 175

Frequency 1 4 15 30 36 24 8 2
5. Calculate mean and standard deviation for the following distribution
Marks 0-4 4-8 8-12 12-16
No. of students 4 8 2 1
6. Find out the standard deviation of the following frequency distribution:
Age in Years 50-55 45-50 40-45 35-40 30-35 25-30
No. of Labourers 22 29 31 47 51 70
7. Find out the standard deviation of the height of 100 students:
Height (Inches) Less than 62.5 Less than 65.5 Less than 68.5 Less than 71.5 Less than 74.5
Frequency 5 23 65 92 100
8. Calculate Mean and standard deviation from the following distribution:
Marks More than 20 More than 40 More than 80 More than 100 More than 120
Students 50 47 41 21 9
9. From the following data calculate standard deviation and its coefficient:
Class 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59
Frequency 4 2 6 3 5