What Is a Characteristic of the Cost Function Derived by the Least-Squares

question 113

Multiple Choice

What is a characteristic of the cost function derived by the least-squares cost estimation method?

• A)It is linear.
• B)It is curvilinear.
• C)It is parabolic.
• D)It is quadratic.

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