AppliedMultiple choice
Geometrically, what does ordinary least squares compute?
- AThe orthogonal projection of onto the span of
- BThe rotation of that best aligns it with the columns of
- CThe eigenvector of with the largest eigenvalue
- DThe inverse of applied directly to the vector
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