Minimizing the Sum of the Squared Deviations Around the Line

question 19

Multiple Choice

Minimizing the sum of the squared deviations around the line is called:

• A)mean squared error technique.
• B)mean absolute deviation.
• C)double smoothing.
• D)least squares estimation.
• E)predictor regression.

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