The People of the Liao Empire of the Khitans

question 14

Multiple Choice

The people of the Liao Empire of the Khitans

• A)had a pastoral tradition and were excellent horsemen.
• B)constructed the foundation of the Koryo Empire.
• C)made the city now known as Beijing its capital.
• D)were the builders of the Great Wall.
• E)discouraged all Confucian ideas and practices as too Chinese.

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Definitions:

SST

A measure of the total variation in a dataset that is the sum of squares total, often used in the context of regression analysis.

SSE

The overall sum of errors squared, highlighting the divergence between a model's predictions and real-world data observations.

Least Squares Estimate

A method in statistics for estimating the best-fitting line to a set of points by minimizing the sum of the squares of the differences between the observed values and the values provided by the model.

Slope

This term describes the rate at which a line ascends or descends, calculated as the change in the y-axis divided by the change in the x-axis for any two points on the line.