What Does the Wald Statistic Represent

question 14

Multiple Choice

What does the Wald statistic represent?

• A) The predicted value of the correlation coefficient
• B) The proportionate change in the odds ratio
• C) The odds ratio of the regression
• D) Whether a variable is a significant predictor of the outcome

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