The Slope Estimator $\beta _ { 1 }$ Has a Smaller Standard Error, Other Things Equal, If
A)

question 29

Multiple Choice

The slope estimator, $\beta _ { 1 }$ has a smaller standard error, other things equal, if

• A) there is more variation in the explanatory variable, X .
• B) there is a large variance of the error term, u .
• C) the sample size is smaller.
• D) \(\text { the intercept, } \beta _ { 0 } \text {, is small. }\)

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