A test of mathematics aptitude taken before admission into a graduate statistics class is found to have a correlation of r = 0.60 with success in the statistics course as measured by the final examination. What proportion of the variance of the final examination is explained by the mathematics aptitude test taken prior to the course?

a. 36%
b. 60%
c. 64%
d. 40%


a. 36%

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