In a Fisheries Researcher's Experiment, the Correlation Between the Number

question 15

Multiple Choice

In a fisheries researcher's experiment, the correlation between the number of eggs in the nest and the number of viable (surviving) eggs for a sample of nests is r = 0.67.
The correlation r = 0.67 shows that the fact that the nests have different number of eggs explains

• A) about 27% of the observed variation in the number of surviving eggs.
• B) about 45% of the observed variation in the number of surviving eggs.
• C) about 67% of the observed variation in the number of surviving eggs.
• D) about 95% of the observed variation in the number of surviving eggs.
• E) why some people fish at different places in the river.

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