When working with interval-ratio data, the optimal strategy for predicting Y while taking X into account would be to

a. use the regression line.
b. guess randomly.
c. ignore the slope (b).
d. always predict the Y intercept (a).


ANSWER: a

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What will be an ideal response?

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