The squared value of r indicates _____

a. the average degree of error associated with predicting one variable from the other variable
b. the proportion of variability in one variable accounted for by the variability in the other variable
c. the effect size of the correlation coefficient
d. the probability of making a Type I error divided by the probability of making a Type II error


B

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