The "Best-Fitting" Straight Line Which Describes the Data Points in a Scatterplot

question 11

Multiple Choice

The "best-fitting" straight line which describes the data points in a scatterplot is the line that

• A) goes through the greatest number of points
• B) has the smallest y-intercept
• C) has the steepest slope
• D) minimizes the sum of the squared vertical distances of points from the line

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