Which of the following most accurately describes a correlati

Which of the following most accurately describes a correlation coefficient of 0.83 between height (inch X) and weight (lbs Y)?

Question options:

1)	83% of the variation in weight can be explained by height

2)	There is a strong, positive association between height and weight

3)	There is an association between height and weight

4)	83% of the variation in height can be explained by weight

(2) is correct. %variation is for R-square, which is square of correlation.