Shrinkage Refers to

question 26

Multiple Choice

Shrinkage refers to

• A) lowered accuracy in a prediction equation when it is applied to a new sample.
• B) combining many variables in order to predict the most amount of variance.
• C) effects of unreliable instruments underestimating the correlation.
• D) a measure of the error found in a regression equation.

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Definitions:

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