A random sample of two variables, x and y, produced the following observations: x y 19...

A random sample of two variables, x and y, produced the following observations:

x		y
19		7
13		9
17		8
9		11
12		9
25		6
20		7
17		8

Compute the correlation coefficient for these sample data.

Group of answer choices

a. -0.9707

b. -0.2141

c. 0.5133

d. 0.8612

Solutions

Expert Solution

Option (A) is correct i.e. -0.9707

orchestra answered 1 year ago

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