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The document contains 3 tutorial questions about data analysis concepts: 1) calculating and interpreting a correlation coefficient between height and weight data points, 2) discussing a counterintuitive positive correlation between bombing accuracy and enemy fighters during WWII, and 3) calculating probabilities related to obtaining different final grades in a class.

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Week3 TutorialQuestions

The document contains 3 tutorial questions about data analysis concepts: 1) calculating and interpreting a correlation coefficient between height and weight data points, 2) discussing a counterintuitive positive correlation between bombing accuracy and enemy fighters during WWII, and 3) calculating probabilities related to obtaining different final grades in a class.

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Module MIS10090: Data Analysis for Decisions Making

Week 3

Tutorial Questions

Question 1: Correlation

Find the (linear) correlation coefficient of the following set of (x,y)=(weight,height) values (55,155),
(60,168), (62,170), (68,172), (70,183):
a) by hand
b) using Excel
How would you interpret the value you get for the correlation coefficient?

Question 2: Correlation

During the Second World War the US Air Force analysed bombing accuracy. The influential
statistician John W. Tukey (who later invented the Fast Fourier Transform) examined a puzzling high
positive correlation between (a) the number of enemy fighter planes present and (b) the accuracy of
the bombing. That is, the more enemy fighters sent up to distract and shoot down the bombers, the
more accurate the bombing run! But how could bombing be more accurate when enemy fighters
were harrying the bombers?
What conclusion do you think Tukey reached? Hint: correlation is not causation!

Question 3: Probability rules

Let us consider two events E and F:

 E = {obtaining a final grade for MIS10090 that is greater than A-}


 F = {obtaining a final grade for MIS10090 that is less or equal than B-}

Assuming that P(E) = 0.27 and P(F) = 0.62, Please answer the following questions:

a) Are E and F mutually exclusive events (i.e., if one occurs, the other cannot)?
b) What is the probability of the event (E and F)?
c) What is the probability of the event (E or F)?
d) Let us consider now G to be the event {obtaining a final grade for MIS10090 that is greater
than A}. Suppose that P(G) = 0.16. Are E and G mutually exclusive events?

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