When the Independent Variables Are Too Highly Correlated in a Regression

question 4

Multiple Choice

When the independent variables are too highly correlated in a regression equation, they are considered to be?

• A) partial coefficients
• B) spurious
• C) inter-leveraging
• D) multicollinear

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