Regression Analysis Can Be Described as ________

Multiple Choice

Regression analysis can be described as ________.

A) a statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic follows a Student's t-distribution if the null hypothesis is supported
B) a collection of statistical models in which the observed variance in a particular variable is partitioned into components attributable to different sources of variation
C) a statistical hypothesis test in which the sampling distribution of the test statistic is a chi-square distribution when the null hypothesis is true
D) a tool for building statistical models that characterize relationships among a dependent variable and one or more independent variables,all of which are numerical