Teaching UGC NET Mock Test Series 2025 (Paper 1 & 2) Business Statistics and Research Methods Correlation and regression of two variables
Which of the following is true with regard to the method of least squares used in simple regression analysis?
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It minimises the sum of squared differences between the values of independent variable and their mean
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It minimises the sum of squared values of the dependent variable
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It minimises the sum of the squared differences between the actual values of dependent variable and the estimated values of the dependent variable as per regression equation
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It minimises the sum of the squared values of the independent variable