AQA S3 2006 June — Question 2

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2006
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient

2 The table below shows the heart rates, \(x\) beats per minute, and the systolic blood pressures, \(y\) milligrams of mercury, of a random sample of 10 patients undergoing kidney dialysis.
Patient\(\mathbf { 1 }\)\(\mathbf { 2 }\)\(\mathbf { 3 }\)\(\mathbf { 4 }\)\(\mathbf { 5 }\)\(\mathbf { 6 }\)\(\mathbf { 7 }\)\(\mathbf { 8 }\)\(\mathbf { 9 }\)\(\mathbf { 1 0 }\)
\(\boldsymbol { x }\)838688929498101111115121
\(\boldsymbol { y }\)157172161154171169179180192182
  1. Calculate the value of the product moment correlation coefficient for these data.
  2. Assuming that these data come from a bivariate normal distribution, investigate, at the \(1 \%\) level of significance, the claim that, for patients undergoing kidney dialysis, there is a positive correlation between heart rate and systolic blood pressure.