Which of the following is not one of the assumptions of regression? A) The errors are probabilistically independent. B) The response variable is normally distributed. C) The standard deviation of the response variable increases as the explanatory variables increase. D) There is a population regression line that joins the means of the dependent variable for all values of the explanatory variables.
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B) The response variable is normally distributed: This is also an assumption of regression, specifically for linear regression, as it assumes that the distribution of the response variable is normal for any given value of the explanatory variable. Show more…
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