Identify the Term Used to Describe the Ability of a Liquid

question 12

Multiple Choice

Identify the term used to describe the ability of a liquid to flow against gravity up a narrow tube.

• A) capillary action
• B) viscosity
• C) surface tension
• D) density

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Definitions:

Standard Error

The standard deviation of a point estimator.

Ith Residual

The difference between the observed value of the dependent variable and the value predicted using the estimated regression equation; for the ith observation the ith residual is yi − yˆi.

Coefficient Of Correlation

A statistical measure that calculates the strength of the relationship between the relative movements of two variables.

R-Square

A statistical measure that represents the proportion of the variance for a dependent variable that's explained by an independent variable or variables in a regression model.