The proportion of variance measure for the Pearson correlation coefficient is
A) r.
B) the effect size.
C) the coefficient of determination.
D) the contingency table.

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The coefficient of determination, denoted as $r^2$, represents the proportion of variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable and is a measure related to the Pearson correlation coefficient ($r$).

The Proportion of Variance Measure for the Pearson Correlation Coefficient