1998 1469 1999 1502 2000 1638 2001 1670 2002 1733 2003 1802 2004 1838 On your TI-83 or TI-84 graphing calculator: Press STAT Press ENTER Enter 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, in L1 and 1469,1502,etc.,1838 in L2. Press STAT Highlight CALC Scroll down to LinReg( Press ENTER several times until you see y=ax+b a=64.35714286 b=1407.142857 r2=.9740622353 r=.986945914 One of the choices has this bottom value of r [not r2] rounded to 4 decimals. Edwin