A website publishes data on U.S colleges and universities. For the seven primarily undergraduate public universities in California with enrollments between 10,000 and 20,000, six year graduation rates and student-related expenditures (in thousands) per fulltime student for 2007 were reported as shown in Table 1. Table 1 oberservation  graduation rate student-related expenditure(in thousand $) 1 66.1 8.80 2 52.4 7.70 3 48.9 8.10 4 48.1 8.40 5 42.0 8.50 6 38.3 7.35 7 31.3 7.95                                           (i) Given the graduation rate and the student-related expenditure, complete the table below. x y xy y2 x2 8.80 66.1       7.70 52.4       8.10 48.9       8.40 48.1       8.50 42.0       7.35 38.3       7.95 31.3       (ii) Using Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient formula, find the correlation r value of the data above.

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A website publishes data on U.S colleges and universities. For the seven primarily undergraduate
public universities in California with enrollments between 10,000 and 20,000, six year graduation
rates and student-related expenditures (in thousands) per fulltime student for 2007 were
reported as shown in Table 1.
Table 1

oberservation  graduation rate student-related expenditure(in thousand $)
1 66.1 8.80
2 52.4 7.70
3 48.9 8.10
4 48.1 8.40
5 42.0 8.50
6 38.3 7.35
7 31.3 7.95
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

(i) Given the graduation rate and the student-related expenditure, complete the table below.

x y xy y2 x2
8.80 66.1      
7.70 52.4      
8.10 48.9      
8.40 48.1      
8.50 42.0      
7.35 38.3      
7.95 31.3      

(ii) Using Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient formula, find the correlation r value of the data above.

 

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