Teaching UGC NET Mock Test Series 2025 (Paper 1 & 2) Business Statistics and Research Methods Correlation and regression of two variables
Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and answer the question that follows:
Assertion (A) : The addition of independent variable(s) causes the predictions error to become smaller
Reasons (R) : With addition of independent variable, R2 becomes larger to cause smaller prediction error
Which of the following options is correct?
1
Both statements are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2
Both statements are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
3
Statement (A) is correct and Statement (R) is incorrect
4
Statement (R) is correct and Statement (A) is incorrect