Tom’s car holds 50 litres of petrol when the fuel tank is full.
For each of 10 journeys, each starting with 50 litres of petrol in the fuel tank, Tom records the distance travelled, d kilometres, and the amount of petrol used, p litres.
The summary statistics for the 10 journeys are given below.
∑d=1029∑p=50.8∑dp=5240.8Sdd=344.9Spp=0.576
(a) Calculate the product moment correlation coefficient between d and p
(3)
The amount of petrol remaining in the fuel tank for each journey, w litres, is recorded.
(b) (i) Write down an equation for w in terms of p
(ii) Hence, write down the value of the product moment correlation coefficient between w and p
(2)
(c) Write down the value of the product moment correlation coefficient between d and w
(1)
解答
(a)
解法一
思路
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先求 Sdp,再代入相关系数公式。
答题过程
展开Sdp===∑dp−n∑d∑p5240.8−101029(50.8)13.48.
Thus
r===SddSppSdp344.9(0.576)13.480.956…
So
r=0.956.
(b)
解法一
思路
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油箱满时有 50 litres,剩余油量 = 50− 使用油量。由于 w=50−p 是对 p 的负线性变换,所以与 p 的相关系数为 −1。
答题过程
展开w=50−p.
Therefore the product moment correlation coefficient between w and p is
−1.
(c)
解法一
思路
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w 与 p 完全负相关,所以 d 与 w 的相关系数是 d 与 p 的相关系数变号。
答题过程
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The product moment correlation coefficient between d and w is