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The production department of Celltronics International wants to explore the rela

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Question

The production department of Celltronics International wants to explore the relationship between the number of employees who assemble a subassembly and the number produced. As an experiment, 3 employees were assigned to assemble the subassemblies. They produced 16 during a one-hour period. Then 5 employees assembled them. They produced 27 during a one-hour period. The complete set of paired observations follows.

Compute the correlation coefficient. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round sx, sy and r to 3 decimal places.)

Number of
Assemblers One-Hour
Production (units) 3 16 5 27 2 11 6 50 4 36

Explanation / Answer

X

Y

X-Xbar

Y-Ybar

(X-Xbar)^2

(Y-Ybar)^2

(X-Xbar)(Y-Ybar)

3

16

-1

-12

1

144

12

5

27

1

-1

1

1

-1

2

11

-2

-17

4

289

34

6

50

2

22

4

484

44

4

36

0

8

0

64

0

20

140

0

0

10

982

89

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

4

28

0.0

0.0

2.0

196.400

17.800

Xbar – 4

Ybar – 28

Sx-10

Sy-982

r-0.898

X

Y

X-Xbar

Y-Ybar

(X-Xbar)^2

(Y-Ybar)^2

(X-Xbar)(Y-Ybar)

3

16

-1

-12

1

144

12

5

27

1

-1

1

1

-1

2

11

-2

-17

4

289

34

6

50

2

22

4

484

44

4

36

0

8

0

64

0

20

140

0

0

10

982

89

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

4

28

0.0

0.0

2.0

196.400

17.800