It Is Dangerous to Predict Outside the Range of the Data

question 69

Multiple Choice

It is dangerous to predict outside the range of the data collected in a regression analysis. For instance, we shouldn't predict the price of a 5000 square foot home if all our sample homes were smaller than 4500 square feet. Which of the following multiple regression pitfalls does this example describe?

• A) Estimability
• B) Multicollinearity
• C) Stepwise Regression
• D) Extrapolation

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