The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requires government agencies to produce annual performance and accounting reports (PARS) each year. Refer to The Public Manager (Summer 2008) listing of PARS evaluation scores for 24 government agencies, evaluation scores ranged from 12 (lowest) to 60 ( highest).

1. Calculate and interpret the coefficient of correlation between the PARS scores in year 1 and year 2.
2. Is there sufficient evidence of a positive relationship between year 2 PARS score (y) and year 1 PARS score (x)? Test using a = .05

Agency	Y1	Y2
Transportation	55	53
Labor	53	51
Veterans	51	51
NRC	39	34
Commerce	37	36
HHS	37	35
DHS	37	30
Justice	35	37
Treasury	35	35
GSA	34	40
Agriculture	33	35
EPA	33	36
Social Security	33	33
USAID	32	42
Education	32	36
Interior	32	31
NASA	32	32
Energy	31	34
HUD	31	30
NSF	31	31
State	31	50
OPM	27	28
SBA	22	31
Defense	17	32