A Quick Look at a Scattergraph of Cost Versus Activity

question 362

True/False

A quick look at a scattergraph of cost versus activity can reveal that there is little relation between the cost and the activity or that the relation is something other than a simple straight line. In such cases, least square regression is highly recommended for estimating fixed and variable costs.

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