The Data Below Are the Temperatures on Randomly Chosen Days

Multiple Choice

The data below are the temperatures on randomly chosen days during a summer class and the number of absences on those days. Calculate the correlation coefficient, r. $$\begin{array} { l | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \text { Temperature, } \mathrm { x } & 76 & 89 & 95 & 94 & 92 & 102 & 79 & 104 & 84 \\\hline \text { Number of absences, } y & 12 & 16 & 19 & 19 & 17 & 24 & 13 & 24 & 14\end{array}$$

A) 0.980
B) 0.890
C) 0.881
D) 0.819