Zaza Employment helps midsized to large companies fill management and high-level technical positions. The table below contains data for a sample of job placements that the company has facilitated. The data shows the number of days it took to fill the job and the fee billed to the client.

Days	Fee Charged
32	2013
41	4717
56	2666
42	4599
54	3810
57	4288
33	4701
14	3690
40	1684
33	5075
44	3984
28	5308
46	3018
41	2458
69	3344
24	2782
38	2546
51	2254
54	1642
50	3439
64	3119
68	2089
53	3031
63	943
63	3505
37	6903
21	3412
57	3771
42	3450
55	2360
51	2929
31	3284
68	2563
47	2348
52	2555
46	4222
49	1804
34	1603
66	2209
85	4676
15	4494
57	1894
36	2351
20	5387
27	2865
57	2569
34	3081
30	3917
45	4172
180	3959

a) Construct a scatter plot (Use Excel) showing fees as the dependent variable. What is the apparent relationship between the two variables?

b) Calculate (Use the Calculator) the correlation coefficient and test to determine whether there is a statistically significant linear relationship between the two variables. Use an alpha = 0.05.