Define fit line.

What will be an ideal response?


A line that runs through a scatterplot along the path that minimizes the total sum of case deviations from the line.

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A) ?True B) ?False

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An instrument can have very high reliability but very low validity

a. true b. false

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The difficulty in linking archeological data with a specific sex is that gender attribution

A) emphasizes household production to the neglect of public activities. B) over-emphasizes the question of whether a sexual division of labor has always existed. C) de-emphasizes public economic activities while focusing primarily on household activities. D) is based on culture- and time-bound assumptions about what males and females do.

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The following tactic would be helpful to use when dealing with a dying person who is depressed:

a. trying to cheer them up. b. helping them avoid the reality of the situation. c. encouraging them to talk about their feelings and make final plans. d. teaching them how to overcome the irrational "self-talk" that is keeping them stuck in their depression.

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