Write Down,in General,the Variance-Covariance Matrix for the Multiple Regression Error

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Essay

Write down,in general,the variance-covariance matrix for the multiple regression error term U.Using the assumptions cov(ui,uj|XiXj)= 0 and var(ui|Xi)= .Show that the variance-covariance matrix can be written as In.

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