Prediction of the Mean Value of the Dependent Variable Y

question 55

Multiple Choice

Prediction of the mean value of the dependent variable y for values of the independent variables x₁, x₂, . . . , x_q that are outside the experimental range is called

• A)dummy variable.
• B)overfitting.
• C)extrapolation.
• D)interacton.

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