The Gauss-Markov Theorem Will Not Hold If _____

question 11

Multiple Choice

The Gauss-Markov theorem will not hold if _____.

• A)the error term has the same variance given any values of the explanatory variables
• B)the error term has an expected value of zero given any values of the independent variables
• C)the independent variables have exact linear relationships among them
• D)the regression model relies on the method of random sampling for collection of data

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