To Check Out Whether the Regressions Assumption Involving Normality of the Error

question 125

True/False

To check out whether the regressions assumption involving normality of the error terms (residuals), it is appropriate to construct a normal probability plot. If this plot forms a straight line from the lower left-hand corner to the upper right-hand corner, the error terms may be assumed to be normally distributed.

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