A researcher wants to predict score on personal happiness (Y)from score on income (X₁)and number of friends (X₂).Which of the following would be the proper course of action? A)use the standardized partial slopes of X₁ and X₂ on Y B)examine the unstandardized partial slopes of X₁and X₂ on Y C)compute the partial correlation coefficient for X₁ and X₂ controlling for Y D)examine the partial slope of Y on each independent separately

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The unstandardized partial slopes provide the direct relationship between each predictor and the outcome variable, allowing for prediction of Y from X₁ and X₂.

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