Answer to Question #171359 in Statistics and Probability for Chinmay Shah

Question

In a survey of insect life near a stream, a student collected data about the number of

different insect species (y) that were found at different distances (x) in meters from the

stream.

Distance (x) 2 5 8 11 14 17 22 33 39

Insect species (y) 26 25 19 19 14 9 5 3 2

a) Draw a scatter diagram to show the data and describe the correlation between the

number of different insect species and the distance from the stream.

b) Find the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient and interpret.

Answer 1

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