The Coefficient of Determination Is Found to Be

question 29

Multiple Choice

The coefficient of determination is found to be .81. What is the value of r?

• A) .81
• B) .09
• C) .90
• D) none of these

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Definitions:

Characterize

To describe the distinctive qualities or features of something or someone.

Dispersion

A statistical term describing the spread or variability of a set of data points or values around a central value.

Kurtosis

A measure of the "tailedness" of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable, indicating how the tails differ from the normal distribution.

Histogram

A type of bar graph used in statistics to represent the distribution of a dataset by showing the frequencies of different intervals of values.