In a correlation study, the p value of a Pearson r statistic is 0.005. What does this mean?
A) There is a small association between the two variables.
B) There is a very small chance that the relationship between the two variables is zero.
C) The variable that is first in time determined .5% of the variation in the other variable.
D) Only 5% of the variables are the result of shared influences.

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A p-value of 0.005 indicates that there is a very small chance (0.5%) that the observed correlation is due to random chance, suggesting a statistically significant relationship between the variables.

In a Correlation Study, the P Value of a Pearson