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Hours Studied...........Test Grade
........0..............................52
.......10.............................95
........6..............................83
........8..............................71
........6..............................64

Give the proportion of variance accounted for (R2).

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Hours Studied Test Grade
0 52
10 95
6 83
8 71
6 64

g) Give the proportion of variance accounted for (R2) I cannot figure the r2 out

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