In: Statistics and Probability
The number of people living on American farms has declined steadily during the 20th century. Here are data on the farm population (in millions of persons) from 1935 to 1980.
Year | 1935 | 1940 | 1945 | 1950 | 1955 | 1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 |
Population | 32.1 | 30.5 | 24.4 | 23.0 | 19.1 | 15.6 | 12.4 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 7.2 |
What is the correlation coefficient between year and population? Interpret the meaning of its value.
Group of answer choices
-.976, weak and negative
.976, strong and positive
-.988, strong and negative
.988, strong and positive
- 0.988 , strong and negative
[ interpretation:-
i am using minitab to solve the problem.
copy the data in two columns of minitab named year and population statbasic statistics correlation in variables select year, population in method select pearson correlation ok.
your minitab output be:-
Correlations
Pearson correlation | -0.988 |
decision:-
the higher absolute value of r indicates that the correlation is strong and the negative sign indicates that the correlation is negative, which means that as one variable increases , the other one will decrease.]
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