Correlation is used to discover relationships between variables. Evaluate the correlation between the variables in DATA. What is the correlation (round to 3 decimal digits)?

a) 0.984

b) -0.991

c)-0.008

d) 0.310

e) None of the answers are correct.

DATA:

variable1	variable2
-1.60263	6.66630
5.13511	22.39796
6.36533	48.04439
5.62218	33.73949
-2.19935	13.13368
6.44037	34.07411
7.53576	57.43268
6.84911	46.18391
-0.96507	2.31758
-7.97987	66.45126
7.71148	60.12220
8.00414	69.34776
-1.84249	-8.58487
-6.64529	35.44469
3.52281	15.81326
6.12823	42.51683
-8.02429	63.53322
1.93739	10.39306
1.60250	-1.67370
9.59542	92.44574
0.97873	-2.22144
7.61991	66.59948
6.35683	35.62167
4.60624	15.37388