The square of the correlation coefficient gives
A) The percentage of the variance in the data that is accounted for by the independent variable.
B) An estimate of power
C) An estimate of reliability
D) The percentage of the variance attributed to error

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The square of the correlation coefficient, also known as the coefficient of determination, represents the proportion of variance in the dependent variable that is explained by the independent variable. Therefore, it provides information about the percentage of the variance in the data that is accounted for by the independent variable.

The Square of the Correlation Coefficient Gives