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1. If ax  by  c  0 is a line of regression of y on x and (c) 0.2 (d) 0.1

a1 x  b1 y  c1  0 that of x on y, then 6. The coefficient of correlation between the observations (1, 6), (2,
5), (3, 4), (4, 3), (5, 2), (6, 1) is
(a) a1b  ab1 [Pb. CET 1997; DCE 2002]

(b) aa1  bb1 (a) 1 (b) – 1

(c) 0 (d) 2
(c) ab1  a1b
7. If the equation of the lines of regression of y on x and that of x
(d) None of these
on y be y  ax  b and x  cy  d respectively, then x
2. Two lines of regression are 3x  4y  7  0 and and y are equal to, respectively
4 x  y  5  0 Then correlation coefficient between x and
ab  c cd  a
y is [AI CBSE 1991] (a) ,
1  ad 1  ad
3 3
(a) (b)  bc  d ad  b
4 4 (b) ,
1  ac 1  ac
3 3
(c) (d)  ad  c cd  d
16 16 (c) ,
1  bc 1  bc
3. Let X, Y be two variables with correlation coefficient
 ( X , Y ) and variables U, V be related to X, Y by the (d) None of these
8. If
relation U  2 X , V  3 Y , then  (U, V ) is equal
to x: 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
[AMU 1999] y: 25 18 16 16 14 8 8 4

(X , Y ) Then
(a)

6  (X , Y )
(a) r0
(b)
(b) r is positive
(c) 6 (X , Y )
(c) r is negative
3 (d) None of these
(d)  (X , Y )
2
9. From the following observations
4. The coefficient of correlation for the following data will be
(x , y )  (1,7), (4 ,5), (7,2), (10 ,6), (13 ,5)
x: 20 25 30 35 40 45
y: 16 10 8 20 5 10 The line of regression of y on x is [AI CBSE 1991]

[AI CBSE 1988] (a) 7 x  30 y  187  0

(a) 0.32 (b) 7 x  30 y  187  0
(b) – 0.32
(c) 7 x  30 y  187  0
(c) 0.35
(d) None of these
(d) None of these
10. In a bivariate data  x  30 ,  y  400 ,
5. If x  y  0, x i y i  12,  x  2,  y  3 and n  10
, then the coefficient of correlation is  x 2  196 ,  xy  850 and n  10 .The
[MP PET 1999; Pb. CET 2003] regression coefficient of y on x is
[Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
(a) 0.4 (b) 0.3
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(a) – 3.1 (b) – 3.2 (c) – 3.3 (d) – 3.4

(SET - 30)

1. (c) Regression lines are,

a c b1 c
y x and x   x 1
b b a1 a1
 r2  1

  a   b1  7. (b) The lines of regression are y  ax  b

***
and
    1 
 b   a1  x  cy  d . Since the line of regression passes through
( x , y ) , we have y  ax  b and x  cy  d .
ab1
 1  ab1  ba1 . Now on solving these equations, we get
ba1
bc  d ad  b
x  ,y  .
3 7 1  ac 1  ac
2. (b) Here, regression lines are y   x 
4 4
8. (c) Obviously, r is negative because as x increases, y
y 5 decreases.
and x  
4 4
x 35
9. (d) Here, x   7
  3  1   3 n 5
Hence, r      .
 4  4  4 y 25
and y   5
2 .3 n 5
3. (a)  (U, V )   (X , Y )   (X , Y ) .
| 2 .3 |
 x .y
 xy 
4. (b) By step deviation, u  x  35 , v  y  10 n 1
Hence, b yx  2

We get,  u  15 , v  9 ( x ) 10
 x2 
 uv  105 , u 2  475 and v 2  165 n
Now rxy  ruv  rxy  0 . 32 . Therefore, the line of regression of y on x is

Cov ( x , y ) y  y  b yx ( x  x )
5. (c) Coefficient of correlation r 
 x y 1
 y 5  (x  7 )
x i y i 10
and Cov ( x , y )  xy
n  x  10 y  57 .
xy 0 and 1 1
10. (c) Cov ( x , y )  (xy  x y )
x i y i  12, n  10 ,  x  2,  y  3 n n

12 1  1 
0   850   30  400   35
Therefore, 2 . 10  10
r  10   0 .2 
23 10
2
1  x 
6. (b) We note that the two variables are connected by the linear V ar ( x )   x2  x 2   
n  n 
relation x  y  7 and when the value of x increases,
the value of y decreases. So, x and y are in perfect indirect 2
196  30 
relation. Hence   1 .     10 . 6
10  10 
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Cov ( x , y ) 35
Therefore, b yx    3 . 3 .
Var ( x ) 10 . 6