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Answer to Problem 25E
Women at age 4 and 18 has the largest correlations, then the heights of fathers and sons and the last correlation which has the smallest correlation among them is husbands and their wives.
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The height of women at age 4 and their height at age 18 has the highest correlation since it is quite obvious to think that as a human being age from a kid to 18 he/she will grow taller. The next with the highest correlation would be between the father and their adult sons. Tall fathers are more likely to have taller sons, may or may not be as tall as their father but the sons will be tall. The lowest correlation would be between husbands and their wives. Husbands may be taller than their wives in common, but reverse has zero to no correlation.
Thus, Women at age 4 and 18 has the largest correlations, then the heights of fathers and sons and the last correlation which has the smallest correlation among them is husbands and their wives.
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