You find a correlation of .5. What percentage of variability in your x-variable can be explained by your y-variable?
A) 50%
B) 5%
C) 25%
D) none of these

Name: You find a correlation of .5. What percentage of variability in your x-variable can be explained by your y-variable? A) 50% B) 5% C) 25% D) none of these
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The percentage of variability explained is found by squaring the correlation coefficient (r). So, 0.5 squared is 0.25, or 25%.

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