Correlation - Quantitative Evaluation

Correlation is used to discover relationships between variables. Evaluate the correlation between the variables in DATA (see below). What is the correlation?

DATA

Variable 1

5.92418 -2.15342 -5.68710 -2.35173 9.13267 8.84593 0.60205 4.30225 -9.69073 -6.81619 7.00841 4.48845 3.06470 -9.46731 1.54090 -4.20144 6.11798 9.94412 1.32124 -7.69106 5.89874 -0.72913 8.39173 -9.46846

Variable 2

16.01040 6.90096 3.20965 8.11837 20.86393 17.88436 11.33976 13.72104 0.22652 2.88607 14.48358 15.56499 11.36857 1.14076 12.95229 5.79307 15.91570 16.96745 10.86254 1.10462 15.93450 10.47150 17.99690 0.72233

a) -0.991

b) -0.008

c) 0.984

d) None of the answers are correct

e) 0.310