Quantitative Methods

CORRELATION & REGRESSION

 Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation
Calculate the Coefficient of Correlation between Marks in Economics (X) & marks in
Finance of a group of 10 students

X 53 47 42 60 63 52 57 55 61 48
Y 72 61 62 85 80 65 79 75 84 73
 Spearman’s Coefficient of Rank Correlation
Find the Rank Correlation Coefficient for the following data representing Marks in
Terminal Exam (X) & the Marks in Final Exam (Y) for a group of 10 students

X 52 33 47 65 43 33 54 66 75 70
Y 65 59 72 72 82 60 57 58 72 90
 Regression Analysis
Find the two Regression equations & also estimate y when x = 13 & estimate x when
y = 10

X 11 7 9 5 8 6 10
Y 16 14 12 11 15 14 17