Question

When performing this task, a large Durbin-Watson statistic indicates an underestimation of statistical significance. If a set of values generated by this task have covariance zero, are mean zero, and are homoscedastic, then a method for performing this task is optimal by the Gauss-Markov theorem. Binary classification problems are solved using the “logistic” form of this (-5[1])task. (10[3])A form (10[1])of this task seeks to minimize the sum of squared residuals. (10[1])The quantity r-squared signifies the effectiveness of a form of this task applied (10[1])to data with a single independent variable. For 10 points, name this task in statistics whose “linear” type involves (10[1])finding a line of best fit. ■END■

ANSWER: regression [or regression analysis; accept linear regression or simple linear regression or ordinary least squares regression or logistic regression; prompt on ordinary least squares or OLS or finding a line of best fit with “What task is that an example of?”; prompt on maximum likelihood estimation or MLE with “What task is done to produce the estimator?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Penn A (DII)55-5
Sidhant Chaliha (DII)Princeton A (UG)Bard A (UG)5610
Neilesh Shroti (UG)Columbia BFordham A5610
Derek Chen (UG)Columbia A (UG)NYU A (UG)5610
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BRutgers B5810
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Rutgers A (UG)6910
Rohit Chintala (DII)Maryland B (DII)Rowan A (DII)8210
Vincent Zhang (DII)Penn A (DII)Columbia J (DII)10110

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY989%0%22%71.13
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%11%73.44
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%29%84.57
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY14100%0%7%65.43
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%22%77.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%64.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY7100%0%14%68.29
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%69.33