Calculate the correlation coefficient for the following orde

Calculate the correlation coefficient for the following ordered pairs. x 4 6 2 7 7 y 7 8 4 4 8 r = (Round to three decimal places as needed.)

Solution

Using technology, we get the correlation,              
              
r =    0.382626766   [ANSWER]

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In Excel, you can use the =CORREL function. In ti-84, you can use the 2VarStats function.