When Using a Multiplicative Power Function (Y = a X₁^b1X₂^b2X₃^b3)to

question 26

Multiple Choice

When using a multiplicative power function (Y = a X₁^b1X₂^b2X₃^b3) to represent an economic relationship,estimates of the parameters (a,and the b's) using linear regression analysis can be obtained by first applying a ____ transformation to convert the function to a linear relationship.

• A) semilogarithmic
• B) double-logarithmic
• C) reciprocal
• D) polynomial
• E) cubic

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