The Variance of the Error Variable $\sigma _ { \varepsilon } ^ { 2 }$

question 57

True/False

The variance of the error variable, $\sigma _ { \varepsilon } ^ { 2 }$ , is required to be constant. When this requirement is satisfied, the condition is called homoscedasticity.

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