SCHOOL OF ADVANCED SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
FALL SEMESTER 2022∼2023
MAT2001 – Statistics for Engineers
Embedded Lab – R Statistical Software
L53+L54 Slot
Assessment No.:2
Instructions:
(i). Last Date for Submission of E-Record for Ass. No. – 2: 03rd November 2022.
(ii). Format the E-Record as mentioned in the prescribed format uploaded in V-Top Course

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(iii). Submit the soft copy of E-Record for all the following questions as a single PDF
document into V-Top Login properly on or before the mentioned last date.
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Experiment No. – 2
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Correlation and Rank Correlation

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1. The following table gives the weight (x) (in 1000 lbs.) and highway fuel efficiency (y) (in
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miles/gallon) for a sample of 13 cars. Write down the R code to compute the coefficient
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of correlation between X and Y .Also, draw a scatar diagram for weight and highway
fuel efficiency.

Cars X Y
Chevrolet Camaro 3.545 30
Dodge Neon 2.6 32
Honda Accord 3.245 30
Lincoln Continental 3.93 24
Oldsmobile Aurora 3.995 26
Pontiac Grand Am 3.115 30
Mitsubishi Eclipse 3.235 33
BMW 3-Series 3.225 27
Honda Civic 2.44 37
Toyota Camry 3.24 32
Hyundai Accent 2.29 37
Mazda Protg 2.5 34
Cadillac DeVille 4.02 26
2. Write down the R code to find the rank correlation between the ranks of the variable X
and Y from the following data:

X: 10 15 12 17 13 16 24 14 22
Y : 30 42 45 46 33 34 40 35 39

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