Correlation and Regression
188 Practice MCQs available for CA Foundation
Paper
Paper 3: Quantitative Aptitude
Exam Weightage
4-6 Marks
Key Topics
Correlation Coefficient, Regression Equations
This chapter covers Correlation Coefficient, Regression Equations and is part of Paper 3: Quantitative Aptitude in the CA Foundation exam.
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This topic carries 4-6 Marks weightage. Focus on understanding core concepts rather than memorizing.
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All 188 Questions
4090
The correlation co-efficient between X and Y is 0.8. If we add a number 10 in the X variable and subtracted 20 from Y variable, then the new correlation co-efficient will be -
MCQ4091
When both the regression co-efficients are and , respectively, then correlation co-efficient between x and y is
MCQ4092
For 9 college students group, the sum of squares of differences in ranks for History and Hindi marks was found to be 62, then what is the value of rank correlation co-efficient?
MCQ4093
If then co-efficient of non-determination is
MCQ4094
Given and are the two lines of regression x on y and y on x respectively. If the value of correlation co-efficient (r) is 0.5, then the value of k is
MCQ4190
For a group of students, the sum of squares of differences in ranks for Maths and Physics marks are found to be 60, which is 120 times the value of rank correlation coefficient. How many students are there in the group?
MCQ4191
If two variables move in the same direction i.e. an increase (or decrease) on the part of one variable introduces an increase (or decrease) on the part of the other variable, then the two variables are known to be
MCQ4192
If and and regression coefficient of on is 0.80, what is the regression coefficient of on ?
MCQ4193
If the regression coefficient is greater than one, then the regression coefficient
MCQ4194
The sum of squares of the differences between two ranks awarded by two judges on 10 candidates is _______ if the rank correlation coefficient is 0.8.
MCQ4241
If the slope of the regression line is calculated to be 3.5 and the intercept 14 then the value of Y when X is 6 is
MCQ4242
For the variables x and y, the regression equations are given as and and the arithmetic means of x and y are 1 and 2 respectively. Compute the correlation coefficient between x and y.
MCQ4244
If and , then will be:
MCQ4296
The coefficient of rank correlation in a beauty contest of 10 candidates by two judges A & B was found to be 0.5. If it was later discovered that the difference in rank of one candidate was wrongly taken as 3 instead of 7. The corrected coefficient of rank correlation is?
MCQ4298
The coefficient of correlation between 'x' and 'y' is 0.6. If 'u' & 'v' variables are defined as and then the coefficient of correlation between 'u' & 'v' is?
MCQ3694
If the coefficient of correlation between two variables is then the percentage of variation unaccounted for is
MCQ4390
The correlation co-efficient between X and Y is 0.8. If we add a number 10 in the X variable and subtracted 20 from Y variable, then the new correlation co-efficient will be -
MCQ4391
When both the regression co-efficients are and , respectively, then correlation co-efficient between x and y is
MCQ4392
For 9 college students group, the sum of squares of differences in ranks for History and Hindi marks was found to be 62, then what is the value of rank correlation co-efficient?
MCQ4393
If then co-efficient of non-determination is
MCQ4394
Given and are the two lines of regression x on y and y on x respectively. If the value of correlation co-efficient (r) is 0.5, then the value of k is
MCQ4490
For a group of students, the sum of squares of differences in ranks for Maths and Physics marks are found to be 60, which is 120 times the value of rank correlation coefficient. How many students are there in the group?
MCQ4491
If two variables move in the same direction i.e. an increase (or decrease) on the part of one variable introduces an increase (or decrease) on the part of the other variable, then the two variables are known to be
MCQ4492
If and and regression coefficient of on is 0.80, what is the regression coefficient of on ?
MCQ4493
If the regression coefficient is greater than one, then the regression coefficient
MCQ4494
The sum of squares of the differences between two ranks awarded by two judges on 10 candidates is _______ if the rank correlation coefficient is 0.8.
MCQ4541
If the slope of the regression line is calculated to be 3.5 and the intercept 14 then the value of Y when X is 6 is
MCQ4542
For the variables x and y, the regression equations are given as and and the arithmetic means of x and y are 1 and 2 respectively. Compute the correlation coefficient between x and y.
MCQ4544
If and , then will be:
MCQ4596
The coefficient of rank correlation in a beauty contest of 10 candidates by two judges A & B was found to be 0.5. If it was later discovered that the difference in rank of one candidate was wrongly taken as 3 instead of 7. The corrected coefficient of rank correlation is?
MCQ4598
The coefficient of correlation between 'x' and 'y' is 0.6. If 'u' & 'v' variables are defined as and then the coefficient of correlation between 'u' & 'v' is?
MCQ3648
If , , , then correlation coefficient is
MCQ3665
The covariance between two variables X and Y is and their variances are and respectively. Calculate Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation between them.
MCQ3623
The covariance between two variables is
MCQ3631
If the plotted points in a scatter diagram lie from upper left to lower right, then the correlation is
MCQ3683
If the sum of squares of difference in ranks, given by two judges A and B of students is . What is the value of rank correlation coefficient?
MCQ3615
If the plotted points in a scatter diagram are evenly distributed, then the correlation is
MCQ3616
Speed of an automobile and the distance required to stop the car after applying brakes correlation is
MCQ3617
A relationship is not possible
MCQ3618
If the plotted points in a scatter diagram lie from upper left to lower right, then correlation is
MCQ3619
Scatter diagram does not help us to:
MCQ3620
If the data points of series on a scatter diagram lie along a straight line that goes downwards as - values move from left to right, then the data exhibit ---- correlation.
MCQ3621
If the plotted point in a scatter diagram lie from lower left to upper right then correction is:
MCQ3622
Scattered diagram is used to plot
MCQ3632
For a two way or bivariate frequency table, the maximum number of marginal distributions is
MCQ3624
Correlation analysis aims at
MCQ3625
When , all the points in a scatter diagram would lie
MCQ3626
Price and Demand are the example of
MCQ3627
For a classification of bivariate data, the maximum no. of conditional distributions is:
MCQ3628
Below scatter diagram shows what type of correlation
MCQ3629
For a classification of bivariate data, the maximum no. of conditional distributions is
MCQ3630
For a bivariate frequency table, the maximum number of marginal distributions is
MCQ3633
A scatter diagram of two variables developing a pattern of multiple circular rings represents which kind of correlation?
MCQ3634
For a classification of bivariate data, the maximum no. of conditional distributions is
MCQ3635
Correlation coefficient is _________ of the units of measurements.
MCQ3636
If the correlation coeff. between the variables and is , then the correlation coefficient between the variables and is
MCQ3637
Then Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation is
MCQ3638
If the regression line of on is given by and Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation is then
MCQ3639
What is the coefficient of correlation from the following data?X123456Y543210
MCQ3640
For the set of observations the value of Karl-person's coefficient of correlation is approximately given by
MCQ3641
The coefficient of correlation between and is the covariance is , variance of is then standard deviation of is
MCQ3642
If the sum of the product of the deviations of and from their means is zero the correlation coefficient between and is:
MCQ3643
The sum of square of any real positive quantities and its reciprocal is never less than:
MCQ3644
Karl Pearson Correlation Coefficient method is used for -
MCQ3645
Which of the following is used to find correlation between two qualitative characteristics
MCQ3646
Pearson's Correlation coefficient between and is 2
MCQ3647
______ may be defined as the ratio of covariance between the two variables to the product of the standard deviation of the two variables
MCQ3649
The range of the coefficient of correlation is
MCQ3650
The variance of two variables '' and '' are and and covariance between '' and '' is . Another two variables '' and '' are defined as and , then coefficient of correlation between '' and '' is
MCQ3651
If the relation between and is and the correlation coefficient between and is , then what is the correlation coefficient between and ?
MCQ3652
When then is equal to
MCQ3653
Correlation coefficient , and are all have ______ signs
MCQ3654
Correlation Co-efficient is ______ of the units of measurements
MCQ3655
If for two variable and , the covariance, variance of and variance of are and respectively, what is the value of the correlation coefficient?
MCQ3656
The coefficient of correlation between and is the ______ of the two regression coefficients
MCQ3684
In a bivariate distribution if the rank correlation coefficient , . Then the no. of observed pairs is
MCQ3657
If the correlation coefficient between and are and
MCQ3658
If the coefficient of correlation between and is . If and values are multiplied by , then coefficient of correlation will be
MCQ3659
If the relation between two variables and in given by , then the Value of the correlation coefficient between and is
MCQ3660
There are two equations: and . Correlation coefficients for and is . Find the correlation coefficients of and
MCQ3661
If the covariance between two variables is and the variance of one of the variables is , what would be the variance of the other variable?
MCQ3662
The covariance between two variables X and Y is and their variances are and resp. Calculate Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation
MCQ3663
If correlation co-efficient r between x and y is then r between x and -y is
MCQ3664
If the coefficient of correlation between x and y is , the covariance is and the Standard Deviation of y is
MCQ3666
If r is the Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation in a bivariate distribution the two regression lines are at right angles when
MCQ3667
If then coefficient of non-determination is
MCQ3668
The correlation between two variables x and y is found to be . What is the correlation between and ?
MCQ3669
Correlation Co-efficient is _________ of the units of measurements.
MCQ3670
If for two variable x and y, the covariance, variance of x and variance of y are , and respectively, what is the value of the correlation coefficient?
MCQ3671
If , , , , then value of n is equal to _________ where ,
MCQ3672
The maximum value of correlation coefficient is
MCQ3673
If the coefficient of correlation between x and y is , the covariance is and if the standard deviation of x is then Standard deviation of y is:
MCQ3674
Rank correlation coefficient lies between
MCQ3770
If the coefficient of correlation between two variables is then the percentage of variation unaccounted for is
MCQ3675
Given the following series: X 10 13 12 15 8 15 Y 12 16 18 16 7 18 The rank correlation coefficient r =
MCQ3676
Determine Spearman's rank correlation coefficient from the given data .
MCQ3677
The coefficient of rank correlation between the ranking of following 6 students in two subjects Mathematics and Statistics is: Mathematics | Statistics 3 | 6 5 | 4 8 | 9 4 | 8 7 | 1 10 | 2
MCQ3678
Spearman's rank correlation coefficient is given by
MCQ3679
For a group of students the sum of squares of difference in ranks for physics and chemistry marks was , what is the value of rank correlation coefficient (Choose the nearest value)
MCQ3680
Spearman's Correlation Coefficient is used to check
MCQ3681
If the sum of squares of difference between ranks, given by two judges A and B of students is , what is the value of rank correlation coefficient?
MCQ3682
If three judges appointed for a beauty competition, then how many different rank correlation coefficients are required to analyse the judge competition.
MCQ3685
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MCQ3686
The sum of the squares of differences in ranks of marks obtained in Physics and Chemistry by students in a test is , then the coefficient of rank correlation by :
MCQ3687
If the sum of squares of the rank difference in mathematics and physics marks of students is , then the coefficient of rank correlation is:
MCQ3688
The coefficient of rank correlation of marks obtained by students in English and Economics was found to be . It was later discovered that the difference in ranks in the two subjects obtained by one student was wrongly taken as instead of . Find correct coefficient of rank correlation.
MCQ3689
In the method of Concurrent Deviations, only the directions of change (Positive direction/Negative direction) in the variables are taken into account for calculation of
MCQ3690
If concurrent coefficient is and number of concurrent deviation is for pairs of data. Find total number of pairs?
MCQ3691
Standard Error of Correlation coefficient
MCQ3692
Probable Error can be obtained using Correlation coefficient as
MCQ3693
What is spurious correlation?
MCQ3695
If the coefficient of correlation between two variables is , then the coefficient of determination is
MCQ3696
For pairs of observations, number of concurrent deviations was found to be . What is the value of the coefficient of concurrent deviation?
MCQ3697
For pairs of observations, the coefficient of concurrent deviation is calculated as . If there are concurrent deviations,
MCQ3698
The two line of regression interested at the point
MCQ3699
If two lines of regression are and , then the regression line of on is:
MCQ3700
If the two regression lines are and , then the value of correlation coefficient is
MCQ3701
The regression coefficient is independent of the change of:
MCQ3702
A.M. of regression coefficient is
MCQ3703
If two line of regression are and . So is
MCQ3704
Find the coefficient of correlation.
MCQ3705
The intersecting point of the two regression lines: on and on is
MCQ3706
Given that the variance of is equal to the twice of square of standard deviation of and the regression line of on is . Then regression line of on is
MCQ3707
Regression coefficients remain unchanged due to
MCQ3708
If and then is equal to:
MCQ3709
The straight - line graph of the linear equation , slope is horizontal if:
MCQ3710
If , then will be:
MCQ3711
If the slope of the regression line is calculated to be and the intercept then the value of if is is:
MCQ3712
For any two variables and the regression equations are given as and . What are the A.M. of and ?
MCQ3713
The intersecting point of two regression lines falls at -axis. If the mean of -values is , the standard deviations of and are respectively, and , then the mean of -value is
MCQ3714
The regression coefficients remain unchanged due
MCQ3715
The equations of the two lines of regression are and . Find the correlation coefficient between and ?
MCQ3716
The regression equations are and , then Mean of and are:
MCQ3717
If , then the value of correlation coefficient is:
MCQ3718
For variables and , we collect the four observations with and . What is the regression line of on ?
MCQ3719
The regression lines will be perpendicular to each other when the value of is
MCQ3720
If the regression equations are and , then the mean of and the mean of are __________, respectively.
MCQ3721
If the regression line of on and of on are given by and . Then the arithmetic means of and are
MCQ3722
If the coefficient of correlation is and regression coefficient then what is the value of regression coefficient ?
MCQ3723
If the Regression coefficient () of on is greater than unity, then other Regression coefficient () of on is:
MCQ3724
If is regression line of on and coefficient of correlation between and is , then value of regression coefficient of on is?
MCQ3725
If the regression lines are and , then the correlation coefficient between and is __________.
MCQ3726
Which of the following statement is correct?
MCQ3727
Which of the following statement is correct regarding both of the two regression coefficients?
MCQ3728
Equations of two lines of regression are and , the mean of and are
MCQ3729
If the two regression coefficients are and , the percentage of unexplained variation is.
MCQ3730
If the two regression co-efficient are and the percentage of unexplained variation is:
MCQ3731
If the coefficient of determination is and the regression coefficient of on is then the regression coefficient on is.
MCQ3732
For two variables and with the same mean the regression equation are and , what is the value of common mean
MCQ3733
If two variables are independent their covariance is
MCQ3734
In a bivariate population, the linear regression lines and then the coefficient of correlation is
MCQ3735
The covariance between two variables and is . The variances of and are and . The coefficient of correlation is
MCQ3736
If then the coefficient of non-determination
MCQ3737
The two lines of regression become identical when
MCQ3738
The regression coefficients remain unchanged due to
MCQ3739
If the regression coefficient of on is and the correlation coefficient and the SD is is , the SD of is
MCQ3740
If and and correlation coefficient between and is then what be the correlation coefficient between and ?
MCQ3741
If the regression coefficient of on is and the variances of and is and respectively then the correlation coefficient is
MCQ3742
If is the regression line on and the arithmetic mean of is , what is the arithmetic mean of ?
MCQ3743
If the coefficient of determination is and the regression coefficient of on is then the regression coefficient on is
MCQ3744
The regression equation and is , the value of
MCQ3745
If the regression line of on is given by and then the arithmetic means of and are given by.
MCQ3746
The coefficients of correlation between two variables and is the simple ______ of two regression coefficients.
MCQ3747
For a positive and perfectly correlated random variables, regression coefficient of on is and the SD of is , the variance of is
MCQ3748
If , regression lines are:
MCQ3749
If the two regression lines are , then regression line of on is:
MCQ3750
If the regression line of on and of on are given by and , then the arithmetic means of and are given by
MCQ3751
If the two regression lines are and then the value of correlation coefficient is:
MCQ3752
The regression coefficients remain unchanged by
MCQ3753
AM of regression coefficient is:
MCQ3754
Consider the two regression lines & . Find the mean values of and .
MCQ3755
If regression line of on is given by and Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation is then
MCQ3756
If the regression line of on is given by and Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation is then
MCQ3757
When two lines of regression become identical if
MCQ3758
If is the regression line of on and the coefficient of correlation between and is , what is the value of the regression coefficient of on ?
MCQ3759
The equations of the two lines of regression are and . Find the correlation coefficient between and .
MCQ3760
The regression equation are and , then Mean of and respectively are
MCQ3761
If , then the value of correlation coefficient is:
MCQ3762
If is dependent variable and is independent variable and the S.D. of and are and respectively and co-efficient of co-relation between and is . Find the Regression coefficient of on :
MCQ3763
In regression analysis, which of the following can be in the form of an index number?
MCQ3764
If both the regression coefficients are negative, what will be coefficient of correlation?
MCQ3765
If the regression equation of two variables are and . Find the arithmetic means of and
MCQ3766
Two regression lines are perpendicular each other of
MCQ3767
Given that and , determine the limits for the population correlation coefficient.
MCQ3768
In case of "Insurance companies' profit" and "The number of claims they have to pay", there exists a:
MCQ3769
The coefficient of two variables is , then coefficient of non-determination is
MCQ3771
Correlation between unrelated variables is not because of:
MCQ3772
If , then coefficient of non-determination is
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