The Sample Covariance Can Be Calculated in Any of the Following

question 51

Short Answer

The sample covariance can be calculated in any of the following ways, with the exception of: a. $\frac { 1 } { n - 1 } \sum _ { i = 1 } ^ { n } \left( X _ { i } - \bar { X } \right) \left( Y _ { i } - \bar { Y } \right)$ .
b. $\frac { 1 } { n - 1 } \sum _ { i = 1 } ^ { n } X _ { i } Y _ { i } - \frac { n } { n - 1 } \bar { X } \bar { Y }$ .
c. $\frac { 1 } { n } \sum _ { i = 1 } ^ { n } \left( X _ { i } - \mu _ { X } \right) \left( Y _ { i } - \mu _ { Y } \right)$ .
d. $r _ { X Y } s _ { Y } s _ { Y }$ , where $r _ { X Y }$ is the correlation coefficient.

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