Edexcel S3 2014 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of Spearman’s rank correlation coefficien

4. In a survey 10 randomly selected men had their systolic blood pressure, \(x\), and weight, \(w\), measured. Their results are as follows
Man\(\boldsymbol { A }\)\(\boldsymbol { B }\)\(\boldsymbol { C }\)\(\boldsymbol { D }\)\(\boldsymbol { E }\)\(\boldsymbol { F }\)\(\boldsymbol { G }\)\(\boldsymbol { H }\)\(\boldsymbol { I }\)\(\boldsymbol { J }\)
\(x\)123128137143149153154159162168
\(w\)78938583759888879599
  1. Calculate the value of Spearman's rank correlation coefficient between \(x\) and \(w\).
  2. Stating your hypotheses clearly, test at the \(5 \%\) level of significance, whether or not there is evidence of a positive correlation between systolic blood pressure and weight. The product moment correlation coefficient for these data is 0.5114
  3. Use the value of the product moment correlation coefficient to test, at the \(5 \%\) level of significance, whether or not there is evidence of a positive correlation between systolic blood pressure and weight.
  4. Using your conclusions to part (b) and part (c), describe the relationship between systolic blood pressure and weight.