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The OLS Slope Estimator Is Not Defined If There Is

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The OLS slope estimator is not defined if there is no variation in the data for the explanatory variable. You are interested in estimating a regression relating earnings to years of schooling. Imagine that you had collected data on earnings for different individuals, but that all these individuals had completed a college education (16 years of education). Sketch what the data would look like and explain intuitively why the OLS coefficient does not exist in this situation.


Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The swell in total charges associated with crafting an additional unit of a good or service.

Average Variable Cost

The total variable cost divided by the quantity of output produced, representing the variable cost for each unit of output.

Meals

Prepared food items or servings eaten or intended to be eaten at any particular time, such as breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Marginal Cost

The increment in total financial output required for producing one more unit of a product or service.

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