If a Data Point Is Influential It…

question 577

Multiple Choice

If a data point is influential it…

• A) is guaranteed to be extreme in the horizontal direction.
• B) has a small residual.
• C) none of these
• D) is guaranteed to be extreme in the vertical direction.
• E) will change the slope of the regression equation.

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