578Assignment-5 (Chs. 13 and 14)-solutions: Due by midnight of Sunday, December 2nd, 2012: drop box 4): 70 points

True/False(One point each)

Chapter 13

1. The standard error of the estimate (standard error) is the estimated standard deviation of the distribution of the independent variable (X).

FALSE it is the estimate of the standard deviation of the error term

a simple linear regression model, the coefficient of determination only indicates the strength of the relationship between independent and dependent variable, but does not show whether the relationship is positive or negative.

TRUE R2 is greater than or equal to 0, no negative

using simple regression analysis, if there is a strong correlation between the independent and dependent variable, then we can conclude...