Subject : Business Statistics

Unit 1 : Linear Correlation

Topic : Practical sum of Karl Pearson’s Product Moment Mehod

Prepared by : Prof. Monti Daredi

Sum no :
Find the Correlation coefficient between age of husband and age of
wife for the following data.
Age of wife Age of husband
20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
50-60 - - - 4 2
40-50 - - 4 16 5
30-40 - 1 12 2 -
20-30 - 10 25 2 -
10-20 5 9 3 - -

x 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 Total M.V of y v= fv fv2=fv* fuv

(f) 𝑀.𝑉.𝑜𝑓 𝑦 −𝐵 v
𝑘
B=35,k=10
Y
50-60 - - - 4(8) 2(8) 6 50+60 55−35 12 24 16
= 55 =2
2 10
40-50 - - 4(0) 16(16) 5(10) 25 45 45−35 25 25 26
=1
10
30-40 - 1(0) 12(0) 2(0) - 15 35 = B 0 0 0 0
20-30 - 10(10) 25(0) 2(-2) - 37 25 25−35 -37 37 8
= -1
10
10-20 5(20) 9(18) 3(0) - - 17 15 -2 -34 68 38
Total(f) 5 20 44 24 7 N= 100 ∑fv=-34 ∑fv2=154 ∑fuv=88
M.V of X 20+30 35 45 55 65
=25
2
u= 25−45 -1 0 1 2
= -2
𝑀.𝑉.𝑜𝑓 𝑥−𝐴 10
ℎ
A=45,h=10
fu -10 -20 0 24 14 ∑fu= 8
fu2=fu*u 20 20 0 24 28 ∑fu2=92
fuv 20 28 0 22 18 ∑fuv=88
Age of husband = x

Age of wife = y

n∑fuv −(∑fu)(∑fv)
r=
n∑fu 2 −(∑fu)2 n∑fv 2 −(∑fv)2

100∗88− 8 (−34)
r=
100∗92−(8)2 100∗154−(−34)2
 8800 −(−272)
r=
9200−64 15400 −1156

8800 +272
r=
9136 14244

9072
r=
95.58∗119.35

9072
r=
11407 .5

r = 0.80