Question

The least-squares regression line is: Group of answer choices a. the line that passes through the most data points. b. the line that minimizes the sum of the squares of the vertical distances from each point to the line. c. the line such that half of the data points fall above the line and half fall below the line d. all of the above are correct

Answer 1

Answer:

a. the line that passes through the most data points.

Step-by-step explanation:

The least-squares regression line is the line that passes from mostly all the data points also this line would be located on a scatterplot that minimizes the distance square from the points to the line

Therefore as per the given situation, the option a is correct

Hence, the rest of the given options would be wrong