When the Error Terms Are Correlated Across Observations,one Way to Address

question 45

Multiple Choice

When the error terms are correlated across observations,one way to address the resulting econometric problem is to:

• A) use weighted least squares.
• B) use first differences rather than levels of the variables.
• C) gather more data.
• D) transform the independent variable.
• E) eliminate covarying variables.

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