In Regression an Observation Has High Leverage When

question 1

Multiple Choice

In regression an observation has high leverage when

• A)the observation has a combination of x-values that is far from the center of the data.
• B)the observation is perfectly predicted by the regression.
• C)the observation is poorly predicted by the regression.
• D)removing the observation causes a large change in one of more coefficients of the model.
• E)none of these

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