)Which of the Following Is Not an Assumption of the Multiple

question 11

Multiple Choice

) Which of the following is not an assumption of the multiple regression model?

• A)The values of each x_ik are not random and are not exact linear functions of the other explanatory variables.
• B)var(y_i. )= var(e_i)= \(\sigma\)²
• C)The least squares estimators are BLUE.
• D)cov(y_i,y_j)= cov(e_i,e_j)= 0; (i≠j)

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