Copernicus demonstrated that the earth was not the center of the solar system. we now know that our solar system is not the center of our galaxy, and that our galaxy is not the center of the universe. so let me suggest that in all probability none of us should take ourselves so seriously that we think we are the center of everything. the previous passage is best described as: (a) a way of reminding people not to take themselves too seriously (b) a valid inference (c) a fallacious argument masquerading as valid (d) a blatant misinterpretation of copernicus

Griffin correctly concludes that the coordinate pair for the russian federation is an influential point, because removing the russian federation from the relationship will significantly change the trend of the regression line. is an influential point, because removing the russian federation from the relationship will not significantly affect the estimated coefficient of determination of the regression line. is not an influential point, because the russian federation does not have the highest cvdir of all 1111 nations in the scatterplot. is an influential point, because removing the russian federation from the relationship will not significantly affect the estimated slope of the regression line. is not an influential point, because the russian federation has a positive residual in the least-squares linear regression.