Calculates the Pearson correlation coefficient
x <- rnorm(10) y <- rnorm(10)
x
[1] -0.40674264 2.41954178 2.42796127 -0.28477615 -0.54452441 0.69373477 [7] 0.85569233 -1.42600450 -0.06299629 0.94166159
y
[1] 0.03117989 1.16086128 0.25655903 1.02594775 -0.82415760 0.32674814 [7] 1.23306169 1.24575192 0.14762524 0.87471457