Recognize an Extrapolation. -Data on Internet Usage (Per 100 Inhabitants) and Population Were

question 7

Multiple Choice

Recognize an extrapolation.
-Data on internet usage (per 100 inhabitants) and population were collected for a
Sample of 52 countries (United Nations database) . The data resulted in the following
Scatterplot. Suppose the linear model fit to these data is used to determine Internet usage
In India, a country with a population of 1153230948. This would be called

• A) an accurate prediction.
• B) an extrapolation.
• C) a time series prediction.
• D) an exaggeration.
• E) a residual.

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