86

_ _! __,'i_1<_'1I,.,_tio ~ gy~ 1I~I1

·c l~w~lo~
\1~ '~/ Fd11c
J~::.:_otio11
:.::-.-------
where
X and y == Raw scores in the test X an . d y
.
XY :::.: Sum of the products of each X score
. lllultipJ·
d.
ns corrcspon 1Tl g Y score lt ,i
\I lvj
_ , .
1N - 1o t ,11 NO . of case s or scores
y

ll 1

T he use of this fo rmula may be understood thro

ugh the foll
examp le: 0
1vi11.
~

Example 7. 4

Scores in Scores in
~
\

... Subject test X test Y XY x2

}'2

~
.4 5 12 60 25
B 3 15 45 9
C 2 11 22 4 225
D 8 10 80 64 121
E 6 18 108 100
36
,.. 324
N= ~ tX = 24 tY = 66 lXY = 315 rx2 = 138~
- 914
N I, XY - I, X I, Y
1·
= 2
~N L X2 - (r. x) ] [NL Y
2
- (r. Y)2]
Her e ,
5 X 315 - 24 X 66
r =
✓(5 X 138 - 576) (5 X 914 - 66 X 66)

1575 -15 84
=
✓(690- 576) (4570 - 435 6)

-75 -75
= --;: :::= == = -;= ==
✓l 14 X 214 ✓24396

-75
- - = - 0.07 0 =
156.2
[Ans. Pro duc t mom ent corr elat ion coefficient
= -0.4 8 .]
Computation of product moment r with the help
of a scatter diagram or
correlation table. Pro duc t mom ent r may be com
pute d thro ugh a scatt er
dia gra m or corr elat ion tabl e. If this diag ram
or tabl e is not give n, then
the nee d of its , con stru ctio n arises. Let us
illus trate the construction of
a scat ter diag ram or a corr elat ion tabl e with
the help of some hypo·
the ti cal data.