When Using Midterm Exam Scores to Predict a Student's Final

question 426

Multiple Choice

When using midterm exam scores to predict a student's final grade in a class, the student would
Prefer to have a

• A) negative residual, because that means the student's final grade is lower than we would predict with the model.
• B) residual equal to zero, because that means the student's final grade is exactly what we would predict with the model.
• C) positive residual, because that means the student's final grade is higher than we would predict with the model.
• D) negative residual, because that means the students final grade is higher than we would predict with the model.
• E) positive residual, because that means the student's final grade is lower than we would predict with the model.

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