What Is the Difference Between Balanced and Unbalanced Panels

question 13

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between balanced and unbalanced panels?

• A)unbalanced panels have some observations missing,balanced do not
• B)balanced panels are demographically representative of the population being studied,unbalanced are not
• C)balanced panels have an equal number of observations above and below the mean of the dependent variable,unbalanced panels are skewed
• D)a balanced panel has T = N,an unbalanced panel has N>T or N<T

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