The Total Variation,or Sum-Of-Squares,of the Dependent Variable in a Regression

question 69

Multiple Choice

The total variation,or sum-of-squares,of the dependent variable in a regression equation can be partitioned into

• A) variation explained by the independent variable and variation explained by the dependent variable
• B) variation explained by X and the variation explained by Y
• C) variations explained by each of the independent variables
• D) variation explained by regression and variation unexplained by regression

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