When Homoscedasticity Exists, We Expect That a Plot of the Residuals

question 120

Multiple Choice

When homoscedasticity exists, we expect that a plot of the residuals versus the fitted Y:

• A)will form approximately a straight line.
• B)crosses the centerline too many times.
• C)will yield a Durbin-Watson statistic near 2.
• D)will show no pattern at all.

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