Explain why it is necessary to square the deviation of each data point from the regression line

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Explain why it is necessary to square the deviation of each data point from the regression line to compute the method of least squares.
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Modern Database Management

ISBN: 978-0133544619

12th edition

Authors: Jeff Hoffer, Ramesh Venkataraman, Heikki Topi

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