A(n)_____ Observation Is an Observation That Causes the Least Squares

question 55

Multiple Choice

A(n) _____ observation is an observation that causes the least squares point estimates to be substantially different from what they would be if the observation were removed from the data.

• A)Outlier
• B)Dummy
• C)Influential
• D)Quadratic

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