What Is a Way of Guaranteeing That the Straight Line

question 65

Multiple Choice

What is a way of guaranteeing that the straight line that runs through the points on the scatter diagram is positioned so as to minimize the vertical distances away from the line of the various points?

• A)Use of the maximum squares criterion
• B)Use of the least squares criterion
• C)Use of the greatest squares criterion
• D)Use of the minimum squares criterion

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