The Method of Cost Estimation That Minimises the Sum of the Squared

question 51

Multiple Choice

The method of cost estimation that minimises the sum of the squared deviations between the cost line and the data points is:

• A) least squares regression.
• B) visual fit.
• C) account classification.
• D) None of the given answers

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