In the Above Scenario, Why Did Susan Place the Plants

question 6

Multiple Choice

In the above scenario, why did Susan place the plants in a greenhouse and control the amount of sunlight and temperature?

• A) Keeping any factor that can influence a plant's growth, other than fertilizer, equal to all plants, ensures that if there is a difference at the end, it will most likely be due to the fertilizer.
• B) It was an easy place to keep the plants.
• C) It did not make a difference. The fertilizer would have influence growth even if the plants were part in sunlight and part in shade.
• D) The plants would have adapted to the situation no matter if the temperatures is different.

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Stepwise Regression

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Stepwise Regression Technique

A method of fitting a regression model by adding or removing predictors based on a specified criterion.