Bill Is in Favor of a Strong, Centralized National Curriculum

question 64

Multiple Choice

Bill is in favor of a strong, centralized national curriculum and educational standards. As such he would likely be __________ No Child Left Behind.

• A) in favor of
• B) opposed to
• C) uninterested in
• D) skeptical of

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Definitions:

Sum of Squares

A statistical technique used to quantify the variation within a data set by summing the squared deviations of each data point from the mean.

Prediction Equation

An equation used to predict the value of a dependent variable based on the values of one or more independent variables.

Multiple Regression

A statistical method leveraging various predictors to estimate the result of a dependent variable.

Stepwise Regression

A method of fitting regression models in which the choice of predictive variables is carried out by an automatic procedure.