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Question Following data represent the preference of 10 students studying B.Sc(CSIT) towards two brands of computer namely Lenovo and Acer. Apply appropriate statistical tool to measure whether the brand preference is correlated. Also interpret your result.

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Following data represent the preference of 10 students studying B.Sc(CSIT) towards two brands of computer namely Lenovo and Acer. Apply appropriate statistical tool to measure whether the brand preference is correlated. Also interpret your result.

$$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline \text{Computer} & \text{Student Preference} & & & & & & & & & \ \hline \text{Lenovo} & 5 & 2 & 9 & 8 & 1 & 10 & 3 & 4 & 6 & 7 \ \text{Acer} & 10 & 5 & 1 & 3 & 8 & 6 & 2 & 7 & 9 & 4 \ \hline \end{array}$$

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Note: The question mentions DELL and HP in the text but the table gives Lenovo and Acer. I use the table data (the actual numbers). Ranks by 10 students, $n = 10$: Student Lenovo ($R1$) Acer ($R2$) --------- 1 5 10 2 2 5 3 9 1 4 8 3 5 1 8 6 10 6 7 3 2 8 4 7 9 6 9 10 7 4 Both rows are permutations...

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