You Need to Adjust $S _ {\hat{ u }} ^ { 2 }$

question 49

Multiple Choice

You need to adjust $S _ {\hat{ u }} ^ { 2 }$ by the degrees of freedom to ensure that $S _ {\hat{ u }} ^ { 2 }$ is

• A)an unbiased estimator of \(\sigma _ { u } ^ { 2 }\)
• B)a consistent estimator of \(\sigma _ { u } ^ { 2 }\)
• C)efficient in small samples.
• D)F-distributed.

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