By squaring the correlation coefficient, you can:
A) determine how many deviant scores are there in your distributions.
B) obtain the strength of the causal relationship between variables.
C) obtain an index of the amount of variation in one variable that can be accounted for by variation in the other.
D) determine how much unit change in X you can expect with a unit change in Y.

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Squaring the correlation coefficient gives the coefficient of determination, which indicates the proportion of variance in one variable that is predictable from the other variable.

By Squaring the Correlation Coefficient, You Can