RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT

PEd 6-18 – ASSESSMENT IN LEARNING 1

Yuson, Angelo Marou D.C.

3CED-MATH

Correlation Coefficient Assignment

Get a sample of solving correlation coefficient.

Problem: The Gross Domestic Product per person, or GDP per capita, is a measure of a country’s
wealth. The greater the GDP per capita, the greater the country’s wealth. The table shows the GDP
per capita and the life expectancy at birth for each of nine countries.

Country GDP per Life GDP Rank Life 𝑑 𝑑2

capita expectancy Expectancy
(Dollars) at birth Rank
(Years)
Luxembourg 58,198 78.7 1 2 -1 1
UK 29,483 78.4 2 3 -1 1
Monaco 26,844 79.6 3 1 2 4
Uruguay 14,423 76.1 4 5 -1 1
Seychelles 7711 71.8 5 6 -1 1
Grenada 4916 64.5 6 7 -1 1
St. Helena 2413 77.8 7 4 3 9
Haiti 1484 52.9 8 9 -1 1
Comoros 657 62.0 9 8 1 1
∑ 𝑑2
= 20
 a. Work out Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient for these data.

6 ∑ 𝑑2
𝑟𝑠 = 1 −
𝑛(𝑛2 − 1)

6(20)
𝑟𝑠 = 1 −
(9)[(9)2 − 1]

1
𝑟𝑠 = 1 −
6

𝑟𝑠 = 0.83

Strong Positive Correlation

b. Interpret your answer to the solution.

There is enough evidence to show the correlation of countries’ GDP per capita and life
expectancy at birth with a strong positive correlation. Where the greater the GDP per capita the
greater the life expectancy at birth.