The Standard Error of the Estimate $s _ { e }$

question 77

Multiple Choice

The standard error of the estimate ( $s _ { e }$
) is essentially the

• A) mean of the residuals
• B) standard deviation of the residuals
• C) mean of the explanatory variable
• D) standard deviation of the explanatory variable

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