IB skill practice

Calculate covariance from summaries

Use paired-data summaries to calculate covariance and interpret its sign.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 5

Calculate covariance from summaries - graph-supported reasoning

A clinic intake study has \(\sum (x-\bar{x})(y-\bar{y})=68\) for \(n=13\) paired observations. Calculate the sample covariance. Enter the requested value and choose the interpretation that matches the result.

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