Reliability Exists When Information

question 19

Multiple Choice

Reliability exists when information:

• A)can be depended upon by users to represent faithfully that which it either purports to represent or could reasonably be expected to represent
• B)is free from material error and bias
• C)both A and B
• D)contains material error and bias

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Definitions:

Linear Regression

A statistical method for modeling the relationship between a dependent variable and one independent variable by fitting a linear equation to observed data.

Hypotheses

Statements or assumptions made for the purpose of testing through scientific methods; can be null, proposing no effect, or alternative, proposing some effect.

SSE

Sum of Squares due to Error, a measure in statistical analysis that quantifies the variance in observed data points from the fitted values predicted by a model.

Simple Linear Regression

An approach in statistics where a linear equation is fitted to data in order to understand the connection between one independent variable and a dependent variable.