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Calculate the coefficient of correlation for the ages of husbands and wives(up to three decimals):

Age of husband 23 27 28 28 29 30 31 33 35 36
Age of wife 18 20 22 27 21 22 27 29 28 29

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Important Questions on Correlation Analysis

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Prove that though covariance is independent of the choice of origin it depends upon the scale. If u=ax+b, v=cy+d, show that cov u, v=a.c.cov x, y.

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Find ρ(x, y) if cov(x, y)=-16.5, var(x) = 2.25 and var(y) = 144.
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If n=10, x=26, y=-27, x2=226, y2=267,  xy=7, find correlation coefficient.
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The coefficient of correlation between two variables X and Y is 0.64. Their covariance is 16. The variance of X is 9. Find the standard deviation of Y-series.

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Find the covariance and the coefficient of correlation between x and y when n=10, x=60, y=60, x2=400, y2=580 and  xy=305.
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Coefficient of correlation between X and Y for 50 observations is 0.3, mean of X is 10 and that of Y 6, SD. of X is 3 and that of Y is 2 Later it was discovered that one pair of values (10, 6) was inaccurate and hence weeded out. Calculate the correlation between remaining 9 pairs of values.

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The ranking of the 10 individuals at the start and on the finish of a course of training are as follows: 

Individuals A B C D E F G H I J
Rank before 1 6 3 9 5 2 7 10 8 4
Rank after 6 8 3 7 2 1 5 9 4 10

Calculate spearman's coefficient of correlation(three digits after decimal place).

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Find the spearman's rank correlation(three digits after decimal place) between marks in mathematics and statistics obtained by 10 students: 

Marks in mathematics 80 38 95 30 74 84 91 60 66 40
Marks in statistics 85 50 92 58 70 65 88 56 52 46