The coefficient of determination, r squared, in a multiple regression equation is the

• A.
• Measure of the proximity of actual data points to the estimated data points.
• B.
• Percentage of variation in the dependent variable explained by the variation in the independent variables.
• C.
• Coefficient of the independent variable divided by the standard error of the regression coefficient.
• D.
• Percentage of variation in the independent variables explained by the variation in the dependent variable.