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For major league baseball teams, Is there any relationship between player payroll and mean attendance?

Player Payroll Mean Attendance
1000,000 in thousands
X Y
Anaheim 62.8 28.52
Balfimore 56.5 33.09
Boston 110.2 32.72
Chicago 54.5 20.74
cleveland 74.9 32.35
Detroit 54.4 18.52
Kansas City 49.4 16.3
Minnesota 41.3 23.7
New York 133.4 42.84
Oakland 41.9 26.79
Seathle 86.1 43.7
Tampa Bay 34.7 13.21
Texas 106.9 29.01
Toronto 66.8 20.25

Total 973.8 381.74

What is the value of sample correlation coefficient for these data.

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Player Payroll Mean Attendance
1000,000 in thousands
X Y XY X^2 Y^2
Anaheim 62.8 28.52 1791.056 3943.84 813.3904
Balfimore 56.5 33.09 ...

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