A MEDICAL RESEARCHER WANTS TO
DETERMINE IF A POSITIVE LINEAR RELATIONSHIP EXISTS BETWEEN THE
NUMBER OF POUNDS A MALE IS OVERWEIGHT AND HIS BLOOD PRESSURE. HE
RANDOMLY SELECTS A SAMPLE OF 10 MALES AND RECORDS THE NUMBER OF
POUNDS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS OVER HIS IDEAL WEIGHT ACORDING TO A
MEDICAL WEIGHT CHART AND HIS SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE. SAMPLE DATA
IS LISTED HERE-IN
Q 3
# POUNDS
ABOVE SYSTLOIC B.P.
MALE SUBJECT ABOVE
IDEAL WT.
1 12
150
2 8
142
3 20
165
4 17
125
5 14
147
6 23
158
7 6
135
8 4
128
9 15
135
10 19
153
3.
X Values
∑ = 138
Mean = 13.8
∑(X - Mx)2 = SSx = 355.6
Y Values
∑ = 1438
Mean = 143.8
∑(Y - My)2 = SSy = 1545.6
X and Y Combined
N = 10
∑(X - Mx)(Y - My) = 462.6
R Calculation
r = ∑((X - My)(Y - Mx)) /
√((SSx)(SSy))
r = 462.6 / √((355.6)(1545.6)) = 0.624
Hence we see that there is positive correlation between NUMBER OF POUNDS A MALE IS OVERWEIGHT AND HIS BLOOD PRESSURE.
But as it lies near 0.50, so it is moderate
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