A recent study of burnout among therapists shows a positive correlation of 0.53 between the number of clients a therapist is treating and the therapist's feelings of burnout.What proportion of the variance in feelings of burnout is accounted for by this relationship?
A)0.73
B)0.47
C)0.28
D)0.53

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The proportion of variance accounted for by the relationship is given by the square of the correlation coefficient. So, 0.53 squared is 0.2809, which is approximately 0.28.

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