Limiting Sugary Sweets in Children's Diets Is Important Only Once

question 42

True/False

Limiting sugary sweets in children's diets is important only once their permanent teeth have erupted.

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Definitions:

Coefficient of Determination

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

Sum of Squares

A statistical measure of the dispersion of observation values, calculated as the sum of the squared differences from the mean.

Regression Coefficient

A value that represents the degree of change of a dependent variable expected from a one-unit change in an independent variable, all else being equal.

Simple Linear Regression

A statistical technique that fits a linear equation to observed data to model the connection between a dependent variable and a single independent variable.