PRACTICE QUESTIONS

ZIDD JUNE 2024

CORRELATION & REGRESSION

1. If the sum of product of deviation of x and y from respective means is 78 and sum of squares of deviations
from mean of the same are 130 and 90, then r =?
(A) 0.66
(B) 0.57
(C) 0.72
(D) 0.89

2. What is the coefficient of correlation from the following data?

x 1 2 3 4 5
y 2 1 0 1 2
(A) 0
(B) – 1
(C) 1
(D) 0.82

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3. If the number of concurrents are 8 and the Coefficient of Concurrent Deviation is √7 , n =

(A) 15
(B) 16
(C) 17
(D) 14

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4. If r = 0.35, Cov (x,y) = 8.4 V(x) = 16 then V(y) =
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 36

5. If rab = – 0.29 and 3a + 5c = 15, then rbc =?

(A) 1
(B) – 0.29
(C) 0.29
(D) – 1

6. If bxy is – 1. 45 and 3u + 4x = 5 & 5v – 2y = 2, then buv =?

(A) 1. 45
(B) – 1. 45
(C) – 4. 83
(D) 4. 83

7. The value of r, if PE = 0.2 and the number of observations are 9 is

(A) 0.33
(B) 0.11
(C) 0.12
(D) 0.22

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8. If the slope of the regression line y on x is 2.5 and the intercept 20, then the value of Y when X is 12 is:
(A) 30
(B) 45
(C) 50
(D) 22.5

9. If bxy and byx are both positive, then –

1 1 2
(A)  
byx bxy r

1 1 2
(B)  
byx bxy r

1 1 r
(C)  
byx bxy 2

1 1 r
 
b yx bxy 2
(D)

10. If the Cov(x, y) is 2.70 and r = 0.6, then the product of variance of x and y will be
(A) 4.5
(B) 20.25
(C) 2.25
(D) 1.5

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11. If mean of x and y is 20 and 40 respectively and the regression coefficient y on x is 1.6 then the regression
line of y on x is:
(A) y = 1.6 + 7.8x
(B) y = 7.8 + 1.6x
(C) y = 8 + 1.6x
(D) y = 1.6 + 8x

12. The equation for two lines of regression for x and y are 5x = 22+y and 64x = 24+45y, then the value of
correlation coefficient is
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(A)
15
45
(B) 64
8
(C) −
15
45
(D) − 64

13. The two regression lines are as follows:

17x + 13y = 33
13x + 17y = 27
What will be the mean of x and y?
(A) (1/2, 3/2)
(B) (1/4, 7/4)
(C) (7/4, 1/4)
(D) (3/8, 5/8)

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14. Which of the following is false?
(A) If r = 0, the two regression lines are perpendicular.
(B) Correlation coefficient is independent of both change in origin as well as scale.
(C) Correlation coefficient is unit free quantity.
(D) If r =1, all points on scattered diagram lie on line from left top to right bottom.

15. Spearman’s Rank correlation was found to be 0.45 for 6 observations. Later on it was observed that for one
of the data the difference in rank was wrongly taken as 5 instead of 6. The correct value of correlation
coefficient will be.
(A) 0.30
(B) 0.86
(C) 0.65
(D) 0.14

16. If Spearman’s Rank correlations between Maths and Science marks is – 0.125 and the sum of squares of
difference in ranks was 94.5, then the number of students under observation is
(A) 9
(B) 10
(C) 8
(D) 11

17. If  (x) = 2.3, V(y) = 3.24, r = 0.66 and 𝑥̅ and 𝑦̅ are 10 and 22 respectively, the regression equation y on x
will be
(A) y = 12.703 + 0.9297x
(B) y = 16.835 + 0.5165x
(C) y = 16.835 + 0.9297x
(D) y = 12.703 + 05165x

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18. From the following table find the most probable value of x, when y is 35
Mean SD
X 40 2.4
Y 42 3.5

Also, there is a negative correlation of – 0. 45 between x and y.

(A) 39.66
(B) 42.16
(C) 45.32
(D) 40.25

19. The coefficient of correlation, when dx = 0, dy = 9, dx2= 60, dy2 = 69, dxdy = 57 and n = 9 is
(A) 0.95
(B) 0.90
(C) 0.85
(D) 0.77

20. If the two regression lines are 5.3x + 3.6y = 20 and 4.4x + 2.7y = 10, then r =
(A) 0.95
(B) 0.90
(C) - 0.85
(D) None of these

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 ANSWER KEY

1 C 2 A 3 A 4 D 5 C

6 D 7 A 8 C 9 B 10 B

11 C 12 A 13 C 14 D 15 D

16 C 17 A 18 B 19 A 20 D

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 Speed Test

1. The equations of the two lines of regression are 4x+3y+7=0 and 3x+4y+8=0. Find the
correlation coefficient between x and y
(A) -0.75 (B) 0.25 (C) -0.92 (D) 1.25

2. If the regression equations are 2x+3y+1=0 and 5x+6y+1=0, then Mean of x and y
respectively are
(A) -1, -1 (B) -1, 1 (C) 1, -1 (D) 2, 3

3. If byx = 0.5, bxy = 0.46 then the value of correlation coefficient r is:
(A) 0.23 (B) 0.25 (C) 0.39 (D) 0.48

4. The coefficient of rank correlation between the ranking of following 6 students in two
subjects Mathematics and Statistics is:
Mathematics 3 5 8 4 7 10
Statistics 6 4 9 8 1 2
(A) ‒ 0.25 (B) 0.35 (C) 0.38 (D) ‒ 0.20

5. Pearson's Correlation coefficient between x and y is

𝑐𝑜𝑣 2 (𝑥,𝑦) (𝑆𝑥 𝑆𝑦 )2 (𝑆 𝑆 )
(A) 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑆 (𝑥,𝑦)
𝑆
(B) 𝑆 𝑆
(C) 𝑐𝑜𝑣 (𝑥,𝑦)
(D) 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑥 (𝑥,𝑦)
𝑦

𝑥 𝑦 𝑥 𝑦

6. If the regression line y on x and of x on y are given 10x ‒ 290=‒20y and 7y – 104 = ‒4x,
then the arithmetic means of x and y are given by
(A) 5, 12 (B) 7, 12 (C) 12, 5 (D) 5, 7

7. ____________ may be defined as the ratio of covariance between the two variables to the
product of the standard deviations of the two variables.
(A) Scatter diagram
(B) Karl Pearson's correlation coefficient
(C) Spearman's correlation coefficient
(D)Coefficient of concurrent deviations

8. If the coefficient of correlation is 0.8 and regression coefficient b xy = 0.32 then what is
the value of regression coefficient byx?
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 0.52 (D) 0.48

9. If the Regression coefficient (ryx) of y on x is greater than unity, then other Regression
coefficient (rxy) of x on y is:
(A) Less than one (B) Greater than one
(C) Equal to one (D) Equal to zero

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10. If 4y ‒ 6x = 18 is regression line of y on x and coefficient of correlation between x and y
is 0.8. What is the value of regression coefficient of x on y?
(A) 0.2448 (B) 0.4267 (C) 0.5733 (D) 0.7441

11. For variables X and Y, we collect the four observations with

X  10; Y  14; X  65; Y  5 and  XY  3. What is the regression line of Y on X?
2 2

(A) Y = –0.8X – 5.5 (B) Y = 0.8X – 5.5

(C) Y = –0.8X + 5.5 (D) Y = 0.8X + 5.5

12. The regression lines will be perpendicular to each other when the value of r is
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 1/2 (D) 0

13. Given that r = 0.4 and n = 81, determine the limits for the population correlation
coefficient.
(A) (0.333, 0.466) (B) (0.367, 0.433)
(C) (0.337, 0.463) (D) (0.373, 0.427)

14. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient γ_R is given by

6Σ𝑑 2
𝑖 6Σ𝑑 2
𝑖 6Σ𝑑 2
𝑖 6Σ𝑑 2
𝑖
(A) 1 − 𝑛(𝑛2+1) (B) 1 + 𝑛(𝑛2 −1) (C) 1 + 𝑛(𝑛2 +1) (D) 1 − 𝑛(𝑛2−1)

15. If the regression equations are x+2y-5 = 0 and 2x+3y-8 =0, then the mean of x and the
mean of y are respectively:
(A) -3 and 4 (B) 2 and 4 (C) 1 and 2 (D) 2 and 1

16. For a group of 10 students the sum of squares of difference in ranks for Physics and
Chemistry marks was 60, what is the value of rank correlation coefficient. (Choose the
nearest value)
(A) 0.636 (B) 0.725 (C) 0.698 (D) 0.842

17. The range of the coefficient of correlation is

(A) between –1 and 1
(B) between –1 and 1 including 1
(C) between –1 and 1 including –1
(D) between –1 and 1 including –1&1 both

18. If the regression lines are 3x – 4y + 8 = 0 and 4x – 3y = 1, then the correlation

coefficient between x and y is __________.
(A) 3/4 (B) 3/8 (C) 4/8 (D) ¼

19. The variance of two variables 'x' and 'y' are 16 and 25 and covariance between 'x' and 'y'
is 18.5. Another two variables 'u' and 'v' are defined as u=(x-3)/2 and v = (y-2)/3, then
coefficient of correlation between 'u' and 'v' is:
(A) 0.85 (B) 0.875 (C) 0.90 (D) 0.925

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20. Which of the following statement is correct?
(A) Both regression coefficients can be less than unity.
(B) Regression coefficients are independent of origin and scale.
(C) The regression lines of two independent variables are parallel to each other.
(D) If two regression lines coincide with each other, there is no correlation between
the variates.

21. Which one of the following statement is correct regarding limit of the two regression
coefficients?
(A) No limit.
(B) Must be positive.
(C) One positive and the other negative.
(D) Product of the regression coefficients must be numerically less than unity.

22. In case of "Insurance companies' profits" and "The number of claims they have to pay",
there exists a:
(A) Positive correlation (B) Negative correlation
(C) No correlation (D) It cannot be predicted

Answer Key – Speed Test

1 A 2 C 3 D 4 A 5 A

6 A 7 B 8 A 9 A 10 B

11 C 12 D 13 C 14 D 15 C

16 A 17 D 18 A 19 D 20 A

21 D 22 B

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