A correlation coefficient of .60 was found when correlating the scores of 1,000 randomly chosen individuals who took a test that measures verbal reasoning with a test that measures problem solving abilities. Which statement is true about this correlation coefficient?
A) The coefficient of determination is .60.
B) The shared variance is .49.
C) The shared variance is .36.
D) The shared variance is 1.2.
E) None of these are true.

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The shared variance between two variables, which is the proportion of variance they have in common, is found by squaring the correlation coefficient. In this case, squaring .60 gives .36, indicating that 36% of the variance in one variable is shared with the variance in the other variable.

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