Predicting One Dependent Variable Based on Many Independent Variables Is

question 5

Multiple Choice

Predicting one dependent variable based on many independent variables is called

• A) simple linear regression
• B) bivariate regression
• C) multiple regression
• D) multinomial regression

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Definitions:

Least Squares Estimate

A method in statistics for estimating the best-fitting line to a set of points by minimizing the sum of the squares of the differences between the observed values and the values provided by the model.

Slope

This term describes the rate at which a line ascends or descends, calculated as the change in the y-axis divided by the change in the x-axis for any two points on the line.

Coefficient Of Determination

A statistical measure, denoted as R², that represents the proportion of the variance for a dependent variable that's explained by an independent variable(s) in a regression model.