Hatfield — Stat 211 Review for Final Version 2 — New Stuff2 #1 What is “r “and what does it mean in a regression equation? It is the correlation coefficient and it tells whether the association is linear or curvilinear. It is the sum of the squared vertical differences between our estimate of y and the actual y values. It is the coefficient of determination and it indicates the percentage of the variation in the dependent variable that is “explained” by the linear relationship to the independent variable. Tt is the correlation coefficient and it gives an indication of the central tendency and spread of the data. It refers to the distribution of error terms in the regression analysis.wu. #2 In the class discussion on pooled versus paired test of the differences in population means, violation of a key assumption makes the paired test favorable, compared to the pooled test. What is this key assumption? eens Nonnality ‘Squared terms Independence Pre/Post sample Having a known parent population