Variable X and Variable Y Have a Correlation Coefficient of +.70

question 8

Multiple Choice

Variable X and variable Y have a correlation coefficient of +.70. How much of the variation of variable Y scores can be accounted for by variable X?

• A)14 percent
• B)30 percent
• C)49 percent
• D)70 percent

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