Exclusion of a Relevant Variable from a Multiple Linear Regression

question 1

Multiple Choice

Exclusion of a relevant variable from a multiple linear regression model leads to the problem of _____.

• A)misspecification of the model
• B)multicollinearity
• C)perfect collinearity
• D)homoskedasticity

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