$\mathrm { E } \left( u _ { i } \mid X _ { i } \right) = 0$

question 2

Multiple Choice

$\mathrm { E } \left( u _ { i } \mid X _ { i } \right) = 0$ says that

• A) dividing the error by the explanatory variable results in a zero (on average).
• B) the sample regression function residuals are unrelated to the explanatory variable.
• C) the sample mean of the Xs is much larger than the sample mean of the errors.
• D) the conditional distribution of the error given the explanatory variable has a zero mean.

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