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What is the concept of bias in the context of estimating the mean of a random variable?
What is the concept of bias in the context of estimating the mean of a random variable?
- An estimate that is not systematically over- or under-estimating the true parameter (correct)
- An estimate that is systematically underestimating the true parameter
- An estimate that is systematically overestimating the true parameter
- An estimate that is completely inaccurate
What is the standard error in linear regression?
What is the standard error in linear regression?
- The range of values containing the true unknown value of the parameter
- The deviation of the estimate from the actual value (correct)
- The variance of the errors in the data
- The estimate of the residual standard error
What is the standard error of μˆ?
What is the standard error of μˆ?
- The average of many least squares lines estimated from separate data sets
- The formula for computing the average of μˆ over many data sets
- The difference between μˆ and μ
- The accuracy of the sample mean μˆ as an estimate of μ (correct)
How does the standard error of βˆ1 change with the spread of xi in the data?
How does the standard error of βˆ1 change with the spread of xi in the data?
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What does the right-hand panel of Figure 3.3 show?
What does the right-hand panel of Figure 3.3 show?
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What is the formula for the 95% confidence interval for β1 in linear regression?
What is the formula for the 95% confidence interval for β1 in linear regression?
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