Answer:
a) Sample co-variance = -1.5
b) Sample correlation = -0.4404152
c) Weak negative relationship between X and Y.
Step-by-step explanation:
a) by sample co-variance = sum ((x - xbar)* (y-ybar)/n-1
#.... use the following program in R
x = c(7,8, 5, 3, 9)
y = c(7,5,9,7,7)
sv = sum((x-mean(x))*(y-mean(y)))/4
cor(x,y)
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