Cornerstones of Managerial Accounting 4th Edition by Maryanne Mowen, Don Hansen, Dan Heitger

Exercise 26

(Appendix 3A) In the method of least squares, the coefficient that tells the percentage of variation in the dependent variable that is explained by the independent variable is
A) the intercept term.
B) the x-coefficient.
C) the coefficient of correlation.
D) the coefficient of determination.
E) none of these.