The Following Table Presents the Number of Police Officers (Per

Multiple Choice

The following table presents the number of police officers (per 100,000 citizens) and the annual murder rate (per 100,000 citizens) for a sample of cities. $$\begin{array} { c c } \hline \text { Police Officers (per 100,000) } & \text { Murders (per } 100,000 \text { per yr) } \\\hline 1109 & 46 \\1238 & 44 \\1235 & 38 \\1298 & 40 \\1077 & 49 \\1076 & 42 \\\hline\end{array}$$ Compute the correlation coefficient between the per capita number of police officers and the per capita
Murder rate.

A) -0.726
B) -0.666
C) 0.444
D) -0.444