As an Objective,minimizing the Sum of Squared Errors Is Equivalent

question 5

Multiple Choice

As an objective,minimizing the sum of squared errors is equivalent to minimizing the

• A) root mean square error 
• B) weighted sum of squared errors 
• C) sum of absolute errors 
• D) maximum absolute error

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