The Problem of Collinearity Occurs When

question 17

Multiple Choice

The problem of collinearity occurs when

• A) at least one predictor var. has a nonlinear relationship with the response variable.
• B) there is an influential observation in the data set.
• C) none of these
• D) more than one predictor variable is linearly related to the response variable.
• E) two or more predictor variables are linearly related to each other.

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