If the correlation coefficient between X and Y is .60, what proportion of the variance in Y is NOT predictable from X?
A) .36
B) .40
C) .60
D) .64

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The correlation coefficient squared gives the proportion of variance in Y that is predictable from X. Therefore, the proportion of variance in Y that is NOT predictable from X is 1 - (.60)^2 = .64. So, the answer is D.

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