Typical Symptoms of the Presence of Multicollinearity Include Which of the Following

question 63

Multiple Choice

Typical symptoms of the presence of multicollinearity include which of the following?

• A) The estimated regression coefficients vary substantially from sample to sample; this fact raises their standard errors; hence, theis unlikely to be greater than 2, or statistically significant.
• B) The estimated regression coefficients change greatly in value as independent variables are dropped from or added to the regression equation.
• C) The signs of the estimated regression coefficients are nonsensical; they are negative when common sense suggests positive signs and vice versa.
• D) All of the above and more.

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