Poor Richard's Almanack Mirrored the Beliefs of Its Pennsylvania Readers

question 1

Multiple Choice

Poor Richard's Almanack mirrored the beliefs of its Pennsylvania readers in its glorification of

• A) Puritan religious values.
• B) the small subsistence farmer.
• C) economic profit.
• D) the slave as a "noble savage."

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Definitions:

Coefficient Of Determination

A statistical measure that represents the proportion of the variance for a dependent variable that's explained by an independent variable or variables in a regression model.

Covariance

An indicator showing the degree to which two variables fluctuate in unison.

Standard Error Of Estimate

A measure of the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population, particularly in regression analysis; it represents the average distance that the observed values deviate from the regression line.

Coefficient Of Correlation

A computation that assesses the power and orientation of a straight-line relation between two variables.