An Objective Function Is Best Described As

question 53

Multiple Choice

An objective function is best described as:

• A) the line associating how treatment and outcome variables move together.
• B) a function ultimately wished to be maximized or minimized.
• C) the function relating the degree of support for a sufficient statistic.
• D) the function that determines the degree of freedom.

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