Math Problem Statement

A car company wants to investigate how the price of its car models depreciates with age. The manager took a sample of 6 cars and collected the following information on their ages (in years) and prices (in hundreds of dollars). The data is as follows: Age X = [8, 3, 6, 9, 2, 5], Price Y = [45, 210, 100, 33, 267, 134]. Given the summations ΣX = 33, ΣY = 789, ΣXY = 3091, ΣX² = 219, ΣY² = 146459, compute the value of the correlation coefficient.

Solution

To find the correlation coefficient rr, we can use the formula:

[ r = \frac{n \sum (XY) - \sum X \sum Y}{\sqrt{[n \sum X^2 - (\sum X)^2][n \sum Y^2 - (\sum Y)^2]}} ]

Given dataTo find the correlation coefficient rr, we can use the formula:

[ r = \frac{n \sum (XY) - \sum X \sum Y}{\sqrt{[n \sum X^2 - (\sum X)^2][n \sum Y^2 - (\sum Y)^2]}} ]

Given

  • n=6n = 6
  • X=33\sum X = 33
  • Y=789\sum Y = 789
  • XY=3091\sum XY = 3091
  • X2=219\sum X^2 = 219
  • Y2=146459\sum Y^2 = 146459

Step-by-Step Calculation

  1. Compute the numerator: n(XY)XY=6×309133×789n \sum (XY) - \sum X \sum Y = 6 \times 3091 - 33 \times 789

  2. Compute the first part of the denominator: nX2(X)2=6×219332n \sum X^2 - (\sum X)^2 = 6 \times 219 - 33^2

  3. Compute the second part of the denominator: nY2(Y)2=6×1464597892n \sum Y^2 - (\sum Y)^2 = 6 \times 146459 - 789^2

  4. Combine the results to find rr.

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Here are some related questions that might help expand your understanding:

  1. What is the correlation coefficient and why is it important in statistics?
  2. How do changes in the numerator affect the correlation coefficient?
  3. How would increasing the sample size (n) impact the reliability of the correlation?
  4. Can you determine causation from a correlation coefficient?
  5. What are other ways to measure the strength of association between two variables?

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Math Problem Analysis

Mathematical Concepts

Statistics
Correlation Coefficient
Linear Relationship

Formulas

Correlation Coefficient (r) formula: r = (nΣ(XY) - ΣXΣY) / sqrt([nΣX² - (ΣX)²][nΣY² - (ΣY)²])

Theorems

Correlation Coefficient Calculation

Suitable Grade Level

Grades 11-12