PROBLEM SET II

TESTING SIGNIFICANCE FOR CORRELATION

Direction: Use step wise method to test a significant relation for the following. Test at 0.05 level of
significance…use critical value for r and t

1. Let x= score in quiz in English

y= score in quiz in English

x 21 22 28 27 48 22 27 6 11 12 16 28
y 27 28 27 10 30 21 27 21 21 28 30 21

2. Nine students held their breath, once after breathing normally and relaxing for one
minute, and once after hyperventilating for one minute. The table indicates how long (in
sec) they were able to hold their breath. Is there an association between the two
variables?

Subject A B C D E F G H I
Normal 56 56 65 65 50 25 87 44 35
Hypervent 87 91 85 91 75 28 122 66 58

3. Compute the coefficients of linear partial correlation. Test its significance at 5% level
r 12.3 r 13.2
r 23.1

x1 3 5 6 8 12 14
x2 16 10 7 4 3 2
x3 90 72 54 42 30 12

4. Using the table below

X1= number of absences

X2= grades in Mathematics in the Modern world
X3= grades in Purposive Communication
X4= grades in Understanding the Self

x1 1 2 2 3 3 8 6 1 4 5 5 1 2 1 9
x2 88 86 82 85 83 75 77 86 86 79 76 84 86 85 73
x3 90 85 80 75 80 65 70 95 80 80 75 92 89 80 65
x4 88 86 80 78 80 76 76 88 83 80 77 89 89 84 72
Choose any two and Test at 5% significant level on at least one the problem

1. r 12.3 4 r 13.2 4
r 24 .13

2. r 1 (2 3) r 2 (34 )
r 3 (14 )

Test at 5% significant level on at least one the above problem