>A researcher hypothesized that participation in the political process will tend to be lower in economically disadvantaged areas. In a study of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (N = 51), the researcher found Pearson's r = -.537 for percentage of families in the state below the poverty level in 1979 and the percentage of the population in the state casting a vote for U.S. representatives in 1984. Is this result consistent with the researcher's hypothesis?Explain.

>>Using the information above, calculate and interpret R2.