Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1) When managers use Ordinary Least Squares to estimate a regression equation, the estimated regression equation is as close to the actual data values as possible.
2) The goal of regression analysis is to make the residuals as small as possible.
3) If Excel estimates the demand function for a product to be: Qd = 1,500 - (5 × P), the estimated regression equation indicates that the Law of Demand does not hold.
4) If Excel estimates the demand function for a product to be: Qd = 1,500 - (5 × P) and a price of $125 is charged, the predicted quantity demanded for the product is 875.
5) If Excel estimates the demand function for a product to be: Qd = 1,500 - (5 × P) and the actual quantity demanded is 850 when a price of $125 is charged, the estimated residual is 25.
1) TRUE
2) TRUE
3) FALSE
4) TRUE
5) FALSE
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
When a person possesses two different alleles at the same locus, and both alleles are expressed in the phenotype, this is called
a. recessiveness. b. codominance. c. dominance. d. homozygosity. e. X-linkage.
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A) ?settled clans defined by common ancestors, usually male. B) ?nomadic groups of around 30 to 100 people. C) ?small-scale sedentary groups that practiced slash and burn agriculture. D) ?sedentary communities of 1,000 to 10,000 people.
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A) greater; greater B) greater; less C) less; less D) less; greater