When the Variance $\sigma _ { \varepsilon } ^ { 2 }$

question 111

Multiple Choice

When the variance, $\sigma _ { \varepsilon } ^ { 2 }$ , of the error variable $\varepsilon$ is a constant no matter what the value of x is, this condition is called:

• A)homocausality.
• B)heteroscedasticity.
• C)homoscedasticity.
• D)heterocausality.

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