When Predicting a Participant's Y Score from a Linear Regression

question 42

Multiple Choice

When predicting a participant's Y score from a linear regression line, the error in that prediction is.

• A)how much the actual score, Y, differs from the mean of the scores, Y
• B)the difference between the predicted score, Y ', and the X score used to make the prediction
• C)the difference between the predicted score, Y ', and the mean of the predicted scores, Y '
• D)how much the actual Y score differs from the predicted Y ' score

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Definitions:

Comparative Balance Sheets

Financial statements that present the financial position of an entity at different points in time, side by side, to facilitate comparison.