Based on the Applications to the Analysis of Social Problems

question 42

Multiple Choice

Based on the Applications to the Analysis of Social Problems section of Chapter 14,a smoothing technique

• A)changes the slope of the regression equation to better fit the datA.
• B)removes much of the noise from the scatterplot.
• C)reduces the intercept of the regression line.
• D)increases the absolute value of the correlation coefficient.
• E)will increase the probability that the r value will be significant.

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