An Estimator Of $\beta$ Is Said to Be Linear If
A) It Can Be

question 16

Multiple Choice

An estimator of $\beta$ is said to be linear if

• A) it can be estimated by least squares.
• B) it is a linear function of \(Y _ { 1 } , \ldots , Y _ { n }\)
• C) there are homoskedasticity-only errors.
• D) it is a linear function of \(X _ { 1 } , \ldots , X _ { n }\)

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