The Durbin-Watson Statistic Is Used to Detect ________

question 116

Multiple Choice

The Durbin-Watson statistic is used to detect ________.

• A) first-order autocorrelation
• B) exponential smoothing
• C) multiplicative decomposing
• D) irregular variation

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Definitions:

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Robert Merton

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