If Two Variables Are Correlated,the Percentage of Variation in One

question 21

Multiple Choice

If two variables are correlated,the percentage of variation in one variable that can be predicted from the other variable

• A) increases for positive correlations and decreases for negative correlations.
• B) increases for negative correlations and decreases for positive correlations.
• C) increases as the magnitude of the correlation coefficient increases.
• D) decreases as the magnitude of the correlation coefficient increases.

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