Ans. 1 (d) Correlation of female illiteracy and male illiteracy = 0.

94677 Correlation of female illiteracy and total illiteracy = 0.99126 Correlation of male illiteracy and total illiteracy = 0.98058 Correlation of female illiteracy and infant mortality rate = 0.82647223 Correlation of male illiteracy and infant mortality rate = 0.80548738 Correlation of total illiteracy and infant mortality rate = 0.83071553 Correlation of female illiteracy and infant mortality rate (below 5) = 0.79750944 Correlation of male illiteracy and infant mortality rate (below 5) = 0.79322183 Correlation of total illiteracy and infant mortality rate (below 5) = 0.80915128 Correlation of infant mortality rate and infant mortality rate (below 5) = 0.9912855 Correlation of female illiteracy and GNP per capita (US$) = -0.4843872 Correlation of male illiteracy and GNP per capita (US$) = -0.4626547 Correlation of total illiteracy and GNP per capita (US$) = -0.4814134 Correlation of infant mortality rate and GNP per capita (US$) = -0.4989963 Correlation of infant mortality rate (below 5) and GNP per capita (US$) = 0.45836661 Correlation of female illiteracy and GNP per capita (PPP) = -0.5814993 Correlation of male illiteracy and GNP per capita (PPP) = -0.5560041 Correlation of total illiteracy and GNP per capita (PPP) = -0.5782867 Correlation of infant mortality rate and GNP per capita (PPP) = -0.6107133 Correlation of infant mortality rate (below 5) and GNP per capita (PPP) = -0.5794041 Correlation of GNP per capita (US$) and GNP per capita (PPP) = 0.94766705

Ans. 2(a) With the new index, the country ranking first is Australia, second is Switzerland and Iceland stands third. Ans. 2(b) The three countries that close the list are Sierra Leone, Chad and Afghanistan.