Ask your own question, for FREE!
Mathematics 17 Online
OpenStudy (anonymous):

how to find correlation coeff in statistics???

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Do you know the definition and can't use it, or is it the case you don't even have the definition?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The population correlation coefficient is defined as\[\rho_{X,Y}=\frac{cov(X,Y)}{\sigma_X \sigma_y}=\frac{E[(X-\mu_X)(Y-\mu_Y)]}{\sigma_X \sigma_Y}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The sample correlation coefficient is\[r=\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n}(X_i-m_X)(Y_i-m_Y)}{\sqrt{\sum_{i=1}^{n}(X_i-m_X)^2}\sqrt{\sum_{i=1}^{n}(Y_i-m_Y)^2}}\]where \[m_X,m_Y\]are the *sample* means, and \[X_i,Y_i\]are your paired data points.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Follow this example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBK6L7lJwwE

OpenStudy (anonymous):

He's using a different formula at the end, though it's actually derived from what I gave you above. Follow his method for your own data.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'm kind of busy right now, so I'm not able to go into it in much more detail at the moment, but if you need more help, let me know. It's not a hard thing to do (calculate the coefficient), just a pain to do online in this forum.

Can't find your answer? Make a FREE account and ask your own questions, OR help others and earn volunteer hours!

Join our real-time social learning platform and learn together with your friends!
Can't find your answer? Make a FREE account and ask your own questions, OR help others and earn volunteer hours!

Join our real-time social learning platform and learn together with your friends!