You have just read a story in the media that reports a correlation of .25 between two factors.The percent variance for this correlation would be
A)6 percent.
B)16 percent.
C)46 percent.
D)60 percent.

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The percent variance explained by a correlation is found by squaring the correlation coefficient. So, 0.25 squared is 0.0625, which is 6.25 percent, approximately 6 percent.

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