In Testing the Validity of a Multiple Regression Model in Which

question 149

Multiple Choice

In testing the validity of a multiple regression model in which there are four independent variables,the null hypothesis is:

• A)\[H _ { 0 } : \beta _ { 1 } = \beta _ { 2 } = \beta _ { 3 } = \beta _ { 4 } = 1\]
• B)\[H _ { 0 } : \beta _ { 0 } = \beta _ { 1 } = \beta _ { 2 } = \beta _ { 3 } = \beta _ { 4 }\]
• C) \[H _ { 0 } : \beta _ { 1 } = \beta _ { 2 } = \beta _ { 3 } = \beta _ { 4 } = 0\]
• D) \[H _ { 0 } : \beta _ { 0 } = \beta _ { 1 } = \beta _ { 2 } = \beta _ { 3 } = \beta _ { 4 } \neq 0\]

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