What Is Regression

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Multiple Choice

What is regression?

• A)A statement about what will happen or might happen in the future, for example, predicting future sales or employee turnover.
• B)A statistical process that finds the way to make a design, system, or decision as effective as possible, for example, finding the values of controllable variables that determine maximal productivity or minimal waste.
• C)Predictions based on time-series information.
• D)A statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables.

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Definitions:

Research Psychologists

Professionals who study cognitive, emotional, and social processes by observing, interpreting, and recording how individuals relate to one another and their environments.

ESP

Extra-sensory perception, the claimed ability to obtain information without the use of known sensory mechanisms.

Telepathy

The claimed transfer of data between individuals without employing recognized human sensory methods or direct physical contact.

Psychokinesis

Psychokinesis refers to the supposed ability to move or manipulate objects with the mind, without physical intervention.