The table below shows the height (in inches) and weight (in pounds) of eight basketball players
Height: 67, 69, 70, 72, 74, 74, 78, 79
Weight: 183, 201, 206, 220, 226, 240, 253, 255
What is the correlation coefficient of the set of data? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.
A. - 0.946
B. 0.596
C. 0.035
D. 0.981