In simple correlation a squared correlation coefficient tells us the percentage of variability in Y associated with variability in X. In multiple regression, the squared multiple correlation coefficient

a. has the same kind of meaning.
b. has no meaning.
c. overestimates the degree of variance accounted for.
d. underestimates the degree of variance accounted for.


A

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