Question: The table below shows annual financial data for a sample of 20 companies in the food consumer products sector. At = .01. Food Consumer Products

The table below shows annual financial data for a sample of 20 companies in the food consumer products sector. At = .01.

Food Consumer Products Companies' 2004 Revenue and Profit (millions)
Obs Company Revenue Profit
1 Campbell Soup 7,109 647
2 ConAgra Foods 18,179 880
3 Dean Foods 10,822 285
4 Del Monte Foods 3,214 165
5 Dole Food 5,316 134
6 Flowers Foods 1,551 51
7 General Mills 11,070 1,055
8 H. J. Heinz 8,415 804
9 Hershey Foods 4,429 591
10 Hormel Foods 4,780 232
11 Interstate Bakeries 3,468 -26
12 J. M. Schmucker 1,417 111
13 Kellogg 9,614 891
14 Land O'Lakes 7,742 21
15 McCormick 2,526 215
16 Pepsico 29,261 4,212
17 Ralcorp Holdings 1,558 65
18 Sara Lee 19,566 1,272
19 Smithfield Foods 10,107 227
20 Wm. Wrigley, Jr. 3,649 493
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Calculate Spearman's Rank Correlation coefficient. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

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