Edexcel S1 2009 June — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicBivariate data
TypeCalculate summary statistics (Sxx, Syy, Sxy)

  1. The volume of a sample of gas is kept constant. The gas is heated and the pressure, \(p\), is measured at 10 different temperatures, \(t\). The results are summarised below.
    \(\sum p = 445 \quad \sum p ^ { 2 } = 38125 \quad \sum t = 240 \quad \sum t ^ { 2 } = 27520 \quad \sum p t = 26830\)
    1. Find \(\mathrm { S } _ { p p }\) and \(\mathrm { S } _ { p t }\).
    Given that \(\mathrm { S } _ { t t } = 21760\),
  2. calculate the product moment correlation coefficient.
  3. Give an interpretation of your answer to part (b).