A nurse researcher studies the impact of medication and exercise on HgA1C levels and reports that medication and exercise significantly decreases HgA1C levels. The R square associated with the model is 0.83. You know this means:
A) medication and exercise are not significant predictors
B) medication and exercise explain 17% of the variance in HgA1C levels
C) medication and exercise explain 83% of the variance in HgA1C levels
D) including exercise in the model increased the error of the prediction

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The R square value of 0.83 indicates that medication and exercise together explain 83% of the variance in HgA1C levels.

A Nurse Researcher Studies the Impact of Medication and Exercise