A researcher is examining the effects of income (X1) and number of friends (X2) on personal happiness (Y) and finds an R² of 0.45 . Which of the following is a correct interpretation of this result?

a. Money CAN buy happiness
b. Friends are more important than money for happiness
c. Taken together, income and number of friends explain 45% of the variance in happiness
d. Taken together, income and number of friends explain 0.45% of the variance in happiness


c

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