1. Two regression lines are parallel to each other if their slope is?
A) Different
B) Same
C) Negative
D) None of these
ANSWER:B
2. When the regression line passes through the origin then?
A) The regression coefficient is zero
B) Correlation is zero
C) Intercept is zero
D) Association is zero
ANSWER:C
3. In multiple regression, when the global test of significance is rejected, we can
conclude that?
A) All of the net sample regression coefficients are equal to zero
B) All of the sample regression coefficients are not equal to zero
C) At least one sample regression coefficient is not equal to zero
D) The regression equation intersects the Y-axis at zero
ANSWER:C
4. If “time” is used as the independent variable in a simple linear regression
analysis, then which of the following assumption could be violated
A) There is a linear relationship between the independent and dependent variables
B) The residual variation is the same for all fitted values of Y
C) The residuals are normally distributed
D) Successive observations of the dependent variable are uncorrelated
ANSWER:D
5. If the two lines of regression are perpendicular to each other, the correlation
coefficient r= is?
A) 0
B) −1
C) 1
D) Nothing can be said
ANSWER:A
6. The geometric mean of the two regression coefficient βYX and βXY is equal to?
A) r
B) r2
C) 1
D) None of these
ANSWER:A
7. The average of two regression coefficients is always greater than or equal to
the correction coefficient is called?
A) Fundamental property
B) Signature property
C) Magnitude property
D) Mean property
ANSWER:A
8. The lines of regression intersect at the point?
A) (X, Y)
B) (X¯¯¯¯,Y¯¯¯¯)
C) (0 0)
D) (1, 1)
ANSWER:B
9. An investigator reports that the arithmetic mean of two regression coefficients
of a regression line is 0.7 and the correlation coefficient is 0.75. Are the
results?
A) Valid
B) Invalid
C) Inconclusive
D) None of these
ANSWER:B
10. Regression coefficient is independent of?
A) Origin
B) Scale
C) Both origin and scale
D) Neither origin nor scale
ANSWER:A