Which of the Following Is a Drawback of Using Regression

question 41

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a drawback of using regression analysis?

• A)It is difficult to implement.
• B)It makes a number of assumptions about the data, and accounting data sometimes do not satisfy these assumptions.
• C)It is not a well-defined statistical method.
• D)It provides only one statistic to evaluate the data.
• E)None of the above are drawbacks of using regression analysis.

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