Name: Anonymous 2010-11-29 22:17
I'm definitely missing something in this concept, so I'm puzzled...
What is the most effective way of setting up points using the numbers 1-10, no repeats (e.g. 1,2 3,4 5,6 7,8 9,10) so that the correlation between them is as close to zero as possible.
I'll assume a zero correlation with so few points and such limited places to put them would be impossible, but how exactly do we minimize correlation?
(Only tool given to us in the Pearson coefficient: covariance/(standdevx*standdevy)
What is the most effective way of setting up points using the numbers 1-10, no repeats (e.g. 1,2 3,4 5,6 7,8 9,10) so that the correlation between them is as close to zero as possible.
I'll assume a zero correlation with so few points and such limited places to put them would be impossible, but how exactly do we minimize correlation?
(Only tool given to us in the Pearson coefficient: covariance/(standdevx*standdevy)