Comment on the following statement Solution Given that \"Instead of carrying out a multiple regression, we can get the same information from simple linear regressions of the dependent variable on each independent variable.\" The above statement is wrong because that the total variation due to multiple regression is not same as the total of all total variations due to the simple linear regressions of the dependent variable on each independent variable. Also a multiple regression model predicts more accurate than by a simple linear model. Therefore we can not get the same information from simple linear regressions of the dependent variable on each independent variable..