Burglary and larceny both involve the illegal taking of something of value. The difference, simply put, is that burglary involves unlawful entry to a structure, while larceny does not. While the two crimes might seem similar, the correlation between the two is quite low. A data set to be used for such an analysis is the annual rates of burglary, x, and larceny, y, from 1975 to 2010. Both variables give the number of crimes per 100,000 U.S. citizens. Calculate the xy correlation. Use the following sums:

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36 Σxi = 994.7700, 36 Σx = 28462.1047, i=1 36 36 Σv = 254.6900, Σy = 1816.1417, i=l i=1 36 Σxiwi = 7051.2633 = i=1