In Constructing a Multiple Regression Model with Two Independent Variables

question 165

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In constructing a multiple regression model with two independent variables and it was known that the correlation between and y is .75, and the correlation between and y is .55. Based on this information, the regression model containing both independent variable will explain 65% of the variation in the dependent variable y.

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