Two Stage Least Squares Is Calculated as Follows; in the First

question 17

Multiple Choice

Two Stage Least Squares is calculated as follows; in the first stage:

• A)Y is regressed on the exogenous variables only. The predicted value of Y is then regressed on the instrumental variables.
• B)the unknown coefficients in the reduced form equation are estimated by OLS, and the predicted values are calculated. In the second stage, Y is regressed on these predicted values and the other exogenous variables.
• C)the exogenous variables are regressed on the instruments. The predicted value of the exogenous variables is then used in the second stage, together with the instruments, to predict the dependent variable.
• D)the unknown coefficients in the reduced form equation are estimated by weighted least squares, and the predicted values are calculated. In the second stage, Y is regressed on these predicted values and the other exogenous variables.

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Definitions:

Population Variance

A measure that quantifies the spread of a set of data points in a population, calculated as the average of the squared differences from the Mean.

Confidence Interval

A spectrum of numbers resulting from sample measurements, which is thought to cover the value of an unidentified population feature.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, showing how spread out the data points are from the mean.

Chi-squared Distribution

A statistical distribution that is used to describe the distribution of a sum of squared random variables, often used in hypothesis testing.