Question

The correlation coefficient r between the size of a lake in square miles, x, and the yearly number of registered boaters, y, is 0.743. What percent of the variation in the number of yearly boaters can be explained by differences in lake sizes

Answer 1

55.2049%

Explanation:

R², the coefficient of determination, is the proportion of the variation in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable.

In this case, if we square our correlation coefficent r=0.743, we get R²=0.552049, which means that 55.2049% of the variation in the number of yearly boaters can be explained by differences in lake sizes