White's Heteroskedastic Standard Errors Are

question 37

Multiple Choice

White's Heteroskedastic standard errors are

• A)the preferred method for correcting for potential heteroskedasticity.
• B)calculated through an iterative process.
• C)automatically calculated in Excel.
• D)the result of performing weighted least squares.

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