Question 935309
_____when using midterm exam scores to predict a student's final grade in a class, the student would prefer to have a
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The residual associated with a data value is
the data value - the predicted data value for that value of "x".
residual = y(observed data value) - y(value predicted by the model)
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Answer::
  B) positive residual, because that means the student's final grade is higher than we would predict with the model
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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