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

question 4

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 lower than we would predict with the model.
• D)positive residual, because that means the student's final grade is higher than we would predict with the model.
• E)negative residual, because that means the students final grade is higher than we would predict with the model.

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