Is the number of games won by a major league baseball team in a season related to the team batting average? The table below shows the number of games won and the batting average (in thousandths) of 8 teams. Team Games Won Batting Average 1 97 269 2 95 275 3 86 273 4 99 261 5 64 285 6 118 260 7 87 274 8 88 280 Using games won as the explanatory variable ?x, compute the correlation coefficient

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 Is the number of games won by a major league baseball team in a season related to the team batting average? The table below shows the number of games won and the batting average (in thousandths) of 8 teams.

Team Games Won Batting Average
1 97 269
2 95 275
3 86 273
4 99 261
5 64 285
6 118 260
7 87 274
8 88 280



Using games won as the explanatory variable ?x, compute the correlation coefficient

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