When Working with Interval-Ratio Data, the Optimal Strategy for Predicting

question 34

Multiple Choice

When working with interval-ratio data, the optimal strategy for predicting Y while taking X into account would be to________.

• A) use the regression line.
• B) guess randomly.
• C) ignore the slope (b).
• D) always predict the Y intercept (a).

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