The government is considering building a new hospital in a city in Ontario. Part of the decision criterion is based on demographic data such as the age of the city residents; specifically, the size of a city can be used to estimate the median age of its residents. The table below is based on a random sample of 10 Ontario cities.
• Calculate the correlation coefficient
• Round to 4 decimals
• DO NOT answer as a percent - leave in decimal format
Median Age
Population
(in hundreds)
2820
1150
2104
3670
3400
1450
989
1875
1110
1280
30.5
31.7
31.5
29.6
28.7
31.2
29.4
32.6
31.8
35.7
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