Answer:
Option C) +0.2
Step-by-step explanation:
We are given the following information in the question:
Correlation:
- Correlation is a technique that help us to find or define a relationship between two variables.
- It is a measure of linear relationship between two quantities.
- A positive correlation means that an increase in one quantity leads to an increase in another quantity
- A negative correlation means with increase in one quantity the other quantity decreases.
- +1 tells about a a perfect positive linear relationship and −1 indicates a perfect negative linear relationship.
- Values between 0 and 0.3 tells about a weak positive linear relationship, values between 0.3 and 0.7 shows a moderate positive correlation and a correlation of 0.7 and 1.0 states a strong positive linear relationship.
- Values between 0 and -0.3 tells about a weak negative linear relationship, values between -0.3 and -0.7 shows a moderate negative correlation and a correlation value of of -0.7 and -1.0 states a strong negative linear relationship.
Thus, a weak positive correlation is given by correlation coefficient of Option C) +0.2
Calculate for the mean/ average of the given numbers:
μ = (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5) / 5 = 3
Then, we calculate for the summation of the squares of differences of these numbers from the mean, S
S = (1 - 3)² + (2 - 3)² + (3 - 3)² + (4 - 3)² + (5 - 3)²
S = 10
Divide this summation by the number of items and take the square root of the result to get the standard deviation.
SD = sqrt (10 / 5) = sqrt 2
SD = 1.41
Thus, the standard deviation of the given is equal to 1.41.
