When the Actual Values Y of a Dependent Variable and the Corresponding

question 106

True/False

When the actual values y of a dependent variable and the corresponding predicted values $\hat { y }$ are the same, the standard error of estimate s _{$\varepsilon$} will be 0.0.

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