Question: how to determine x and y in correlation?
Answer: Step 1: Find the mean of x, and the mean of y.
Step 2: Subtract the mean of x from every x value (call them "a"), and subtract the mean of y from every y value (call them "b")
Step 3: Calculate: ab, a2 and b2 for every value.
Step 4: Sum up ab, sum up a2 and sum up b.