Does a major league baseball team's record during spring training indicate how the team will play during the regular season? Over a six-year period, the correlation coefficient between a team's winning percentage in spring training and its winning percentage in the regular season is . Shown are the winning percentages for the American League teams during a season.TeamSpringTrainingRegularSeason TeamSpringTrainingRegularSeason Baltimore Orioles0.4090.424 Minnesota Twins0.4920.542Boston Red Sox0.4260.588 New York Yankees0.5790.559Chicago White Sox0.4110.535 Oakland A's0.6900.468Cleveland Indians0.5780.492 Seattle Mariners0.4920.379Detroit Tigers0.5780.459 Tampa Bay Rays0.7220.601Kansas City Royals0.5400.461 Texas Rangers0.6400.491Los Angeles Angels0.7240.619 Toronto Blue Jays0.4420.533 a. What is the correlation coefficient between the spring training and the regular season winning percentages (to decimals)? Round intermediate calculations up to decimals.

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Does a major league baseball team's record during spring training indicate how the team will play during the regular season? Over a six-year period, the correlation coefficient between a team's winning percentage in spring training and its winning percentage in the regular season is . Shown are the winning percentages for the American League teams during a season.

Team	Spring Training	Regular Season	Team	Spring Training	Regular Season

Baltimore Orioles	0.409	0.424	Minnesota Twins	0.492	0.542
Boston Red Sox	0.426	0.588	New York Yankees	0.579	0.559
Chicago White Sox	0.411	0.535	Oakland A's	0.690	0.468
Cleveland Indians	0.578	0.492	Seattle Mariners	0.492	0.379
Detroit Tigers	0.578	0.459	Tampa Bay Rays	0.722	0.601
Kansas City Royals	0.540	0.461	Texas Rangers	0.640	0.491
Los Angeles Angels	0.724	0.619	Toronto Blue Jays	0.442	0.533

a. What is the correlation coefficient between the spring training and the regular season winning percentages (to decimals)? Round intermediate calculations up to decimals.

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