The correlation between a respondent’s years of education and his or her spouse’s years of education is r = 0.70. Which of the following statements is true?

A.
30% of the variance in spouses’ years of education can be explained by the respondents’ years of education

B.
49% of the variance in spouses’ years of education can be explained by respondents’ years of education

C.
70% of the variance in spouses’ years of education can be explained by respondents’ years of education

D.
51% of the variance in spouses’ years of education can be explained by respondents’ years of education

C. 70% of the variance in spouses’ years of education can be explained by respondents’ years of education