If There Are Multiple Significant Outliers in Multiple Regression Analysis

question 22

Multiple Choice

If there are multiple significant outliers in multiple regression analysis, what does this indicate to a researcher?

• A) The research topic is strongly flawed and the research should be recompleted.
• B) Many of the study subjects likely lied during the research process.
• C) It will be very difficult to accurately predict the value of the dependent variable.
• D) The researcher made a mistake collecting data.

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