The amount of money spent each year on science, space, and technology in a certain country (in millions of dollars) and the amount of money spent on pets in that same country (in billions of dollars) for the years 2000 to 2009 are given in the following table.
Year Amount Spent on Science,
Space, and Technology
(millions of dollars) Amount Spent on Pets
(billions of dollars)
2000 18,394 39.9
2001 19,953 41.7
2002 20,534 44.4
2003 20,631 49.0
2004 23,229 50.0
2005 23,397 53.3
2006 23,384 57.1
2007 25,725 62.0
2008 27,531 65.9
2009 29,649 66.9
Calculate the value of the correlation coefficient for the amount spent on science, space, and technology and the amount spent on pets. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
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