When the Independent Variables Are Correlated with One Another in a Multiple

question 45

Multiple Choice

When the independent variables are correlated with one another in a multiple regression analysis, this condition is called:

• A)multicollinearity.
• B)homoscedasticity.
• C)heteroscedasticity.
• D)linearity.

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