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 thousandt.

A. - 0.946
B. 0.596
C. 0.035
D. 0.981