A Strong Desire to Perform Challenging Tasks Well and to Meet

question 40

Multiple Choice

A strong desire to perform challenging tasks well and to meet personal standards for excellence is called the need for

• A)stability.
• B)power.
• C)affiliation.
• D)achievement.

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Definitions:

Coefficient Of Determination

A statistical measure that determines the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s).

SSE

The aggregate of error squares, being the difference between model estimates and observed data, showing how well a model fits.

Least Squares Method

The method used to develop the estimated regression equation. It minimizes the sum of squared residuals (the deviations between the observed values of the dependent variable, yi, and the predicted values of the dependent variable, ŷi).