When a Court Reviews an Agency's Application of a Statute

question 23

True/False

When a court reviews an agency's application of a statute that it administers,ifCongress has not specifically addressed the question at issue,the court may use its owninterpretation of the statute's application to decide the issue.

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Definitions:

Slope

In mathematics, the measure of the steepness, incline, or grade of a straight line, calculated as the ratio of vertical change to horizontal change between two points on the line.

Regression Analysis

A set of statistical processes for estimating the relationships among variables.

Least Squares Line

A line that minimizes the sum of the squares of the vertical distances of the points from the line, used in linear regression analysis.

Predicted Amount

A rephrased term for predicted values, indicating the numerical estimates generated by a predictive model.