Which of the Following Assertions Is True About the Regression

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which of the following assertions is true about the regression line?

• A) The regression line is also called the least cubes line and is found minimizing the sum of the cubes of the residuals.
• B) It is found minimizing the sum of the residuals squared, but-even though it would be unnecessarily complicated-it could also be found minimizing the sum of the residuals cubed.
• C) Depending on the data, some regression lines could have only positive residuals.
• D) Depending on the data, some regression lines could have all residuals equal to zero.
• E) Depending on the data, some regression lines could have only negative residuals.