The Difference Between the Observed Value of Y and the Value

question 13

Multiple Choice

The difference between the observed value of Y and the value predicted by the regression equation is called the ________.

• A) correlation coefficient
• B) residual
• C) standard error
• D) random error
• E) total error

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