Which of the following is not a characteristic of the least-squares regression line?

a. The slope of the least-squares regression line is always between – 1 and 1.

b. The least-squares regression line always goes through the point (x¯,y¯) .

c. The least-squares regression line minimizes the sum of squared residuals.

d. The slope of the least-squares regression line will always have the same sign as the correlation.

e. The least-squares regression line is not resistant to outliers.

Select the best answer.