Let the random variable X denote the age of a female groundhog, and let the random variable Y denote the total number of offspring it has had. The joint probability distribution for X and Y is given by the above table. Find the correlation coefficient ρX,Y

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Let the random variable X denote the age of a female groundhog, and let the random variable Y denote the total number of offspring it has had. The joint probability distribution for X and Y is given by the above table. Find the correlation coefficient ρX,Y
Table 1:
X=Age
of
groundhog
1
.25
.10
.05
Y=Numer of offspring
1
.05
.15
.05
.15
.05
3.
.15
Transcribed Image Text:Table 1: X=Age of groundhog 1 .25 .10 .05 Y=Numer of offspring 1 .05 .15 .05 .15 .05 3. .15
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