Annual high temperatures in a certain location have been tracked for several years. Let represent the year and the high temperature. Based on the data shown below, calculate the correlation coefficient (to three decimal places) between and .
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x | y |
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1 | 36.96 |
2 | 33.92 |
3 | 33.68 |
4 | 29.84 |
5 | 30.3 |
6 | 25.06 |
7 | 24.72 |
8 | 20.78 |
9 | 17.34 |
10 | 15.9 |
11 | 14.66 |
12 | 12.82 |
13 | 10.38 |
14 | 8.04 |
15 | 3.2 |