The Twin Cities Pioneer Press argued in a 2018 article that wine and cheese were important for world history and the development of human physiology. A researcher was interested in studying if there is actually a strong positive relationship between wine and cheese consumption. The following table shows U.S. per capita cheese and wine consumption for several years

Determine the sample correlation coefficient between the U.S. per capita consumption of cheese and wine.

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Cheese Wine Cheese Wine 2.72 38.5 2.94 35.3 2.57 37.2 2.87 35 36.2 2.83 34.6 2.51 35.6 2.84 34.5 2.45 35.2 35.5 2.78 2.47