A sample of 6 children was selected, data about their age in years and weight in

kilograms was recorded as shown in the following table. It is required to find the
correlation between age and weight.

Serial
No
1
2
3
4
5
6
Scatter diagram
14
Sol: Scatter diagram X Y 12
Age Weight 10
(years) (Kg) 8
7 12 6
6 8 4
8 12 2
5 10 0
4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8
6 11
9 13

It is positive relationship as point as mostly going upwards

Corellation coefficient

X Y X*Y X*X Y*Y

Age Weight
(years) (Kg)
7 12 84 49 144
6 8 48 36 64
8 12 96 64 144
5 10 50 25 100
6 11 66 36 121
9 13 117 81 169
Total 41 66 461 291 742
r 0.759555

High degree of positive corelationship

Scatter diagram

6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 9 9.5

 A researcher wants to find the relationship between Anxiety and Test Scores.
Apply correlation to find the degree of association between the two.

Anxiety(X) Test Scores(Y)

10 2
8 3
2 9
1 7
5 6
6 5

Chart Title
Scatter diagram 10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Negative corelation

Anxiety(X) Test Scores(Y) X*Y X*X Y*Y

10 2 20 100 4
8 3 24 64 9
2 9 18 4 81
1 7 7 1 49
5 6 30 25 36
6 5 30 36 25
Total 32 32 129 230 204

r -0.936914611245

High degree of negative relationship