The following table gives the 2015 total payroll (in millions of dollars) and the percentage of games won during the 2015 season by each of the American League baseball teams.

Compute the linear correlation coefficient, ρ. Does it make sense to make a confidence interval and to test a hypothesis about ρ here? Explain.

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Total Payroll (millions of dollars) Percentage of Team Games Won Baltimore Orioles 110 50 Boston Red Sox 187 48 Chicago White Sox 115 47 Cleveland Indians 86 50 Detroit Tigers 174 46 Houston Astros 71 53 Kansas City Royals 114 59 Los Angeles Angels 151 53 Minnesota Twins 109 51 New York Yankees 219 54 Oakland Athletics 86 42 Seattle Mariners 120 47 Tampa Bay Rays 76 49 Texas Rangers 142 54 Toronto Blue Jays 123 57