The amount of variation in the dependent variable that can be attributed to or explained by the independent variable is called the
A)between-group sum of squares.
B)within-group sum of squares.
C)total sum of squares.
D)correlation coefficient.

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The between-group sum of squares represents the variation in the dependent variable that can be attributed to the independent variable. This is also known as the explained variation. The other options are not a measure of the amount of variation explained by the independent variable.

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