A newspaper argued in a recent article that wine and cheese were important for world history and the development of human physiology. A researcher was interested in studying if there is actually a strong positive relationship between wine and cheese consumption. The accompanying table shows a certain?country's per capita cheese and wine consumption for several years. Determine the sample correlation coefficient between the?country's per capita consumption of cheese and wine.

A newspaper argued in a recent article that wine and cheese were important for world history and the development of human physiology. A researcher was interested in studying if there is actually a strong positive relationship between wine and cheese consumption. The accompanying table shows a certain country's per capita cheese and wine consumption for several years. Determine the sample correlation coefficient between the country's per capita consumption of cheese and wine. Eff Click the icon to view the cheese and wine consumption data. The sample correlation coefficient is . (Round to three decimal places as needed.) i Cheese and Wine Consumption - X Cheese Wine Cheese Wine 39 2.28 35.4 2.03 37.8 2.88 36 2.32 36.4 2.82 34.9 2.96 35.7 2.07 34.8 2.65 35.3 2.61 35 2.46 Print Done