A Procedure Used for Finding the Equation of a Straight

question 47

Multiple Choice

A procedure used for finding the equation of a straight line that provides the best approximation for the relationship between the independent and dependent variables is the

• A)correlation analysis
• B)mean squares method
• C)least squares method
• D)most squares method

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Definitions:

Intolerable Acts

Four parliamentary measures in reaction to the Boston Tea Party that forced payment for the tea, disallowed colonial trials of British soldiers, forced their quartering in private homes, and reduced the number of elected officials in Massachusetts.

Boston Tea Party

A political protest by the American colonists against British taxation, notably the Tea Act, taking place in 1773 in Boston, where they threw shipments of tea into the harbor.

Sons of Liberty

A secret organization formed in the American colonies to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight the abuses of taxation by the British government.

Stamp Act

A law passed by the British Parliament in 1765 requiring all legal and commercial documents in the American colonies to bear an official tax stamp, leading to widespread protests and contributing to the American Revolutionary movement.