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Calculate Pearson's correlation coefficient from data

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This investigation uses elevation as the explanatory variable and air pressure as the response variable. Each table row keeps the two measurements from one case together

Use elevation as the explanatory variable for air pressure

Each row records one paired observation
elevation (hundreds of metres)air pressure (hPa)
18914
16922
20930
12953
14954
10955
24899
22913

The paired values have an approximately straight pattern and no influential outlier

For exercise descriptions of |r|, use below 0.25: little or no linear association; 0.25 to below 0.50: weak; 0.50 to below 0.75: moderate; 0.75 to 1: strong. These are stated conventions, not proof of independence or causation

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Calculate the correlation coefficient r for the paired values to 3 decimal places

Format: 3 d.p.