A student says that the larger the absolute value of r? is, thegreater the probability that a change in the explanatory variablewill cause a change in the response variable. What would you tellthe? student? Choose the correct answer below.

A. They are incorrect. The larger the absolute value of r? is,the lesser the probability that a change in the explanatoryvariable will cause a change in the response variable.

B. They are incorrect. The correlation coefficient only measuresan average.

C. They are incorrect. The correlation coefficient does notmeasure causation.

D. They are correct.