Although Convection in the Asthenosphere Is Widely Accepted as the Cause

question 18

True/False

Although convection in the asthenosphere is widely accepted as the cause of plate movements,it may be that the weight of down-going lithosphere in subduction zones pulls the trailing plate behind it.

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Definitions:

Response Variable

Another word for the dependent variable of interest.

Regression Analysis

A statistical method used to model the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Dependent Variable

In statistical modeling, this is the variable being tested and measured to see if it is affected by changes in the independent variables.

Cook's D

A statistic used in regression analysis to identify influential data points that can disproportionately affect the results of the regression.