A Weak Instrument Is an Instrumental Variable

question 4

Multiple Choice

A weak instrument is an instrumental variable:

• A) whose distribution is non-normal.
• B) whose partial correlation with the outcome is small.
• C) whose partial correlation with the (endogenous) treatment variable is small.
• D) that suffers from heteroscedasticity.

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