Why Do We Create a Scatter Plot of the Data

question 60

Multiple Choice

Why do we create a scatter plot of the data in regression analysis?

• A) To compute the error terms.
• B) Because Excel calculates the function from the scatter plot.
• C) To visually check for a relationship between X and Y.
• D) To estimate predicted values.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

The process in which a response to a specific stimulus becomes associated with other stimuli that are similar, leading to the same response.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that initially has no effect but becomes able to provoke a specific response through association with an unconditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In psychology, the process through which a conditioned response decreases or disappears as a consequence of repeated exposure to the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus.

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli that have not been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.