E(u_i | X_i)= 0 Says That

question 58

Multiple Choice

E(u_i | X_i) = 0 says that

• A)dividing the error by the explanatory variable results in a zero (on average).
• B)the sample regression function residuals are unrelated to the explanatory variable.
• C)the sample mean of the Xs is much larger than the sample mean of the errors.
• D)the conditional distribution of the error given the explanatory variable has a zero mean.

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