Suppose least squares is used to fit , with not all 's identical. Assumptions: (1) ; (2) ; (3) homoskedasticity ; (4) no autocorrelation for . When are the least-squares estimators unbiased?
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Suppose least squares is used to fit , with not all 's identical. Assumptions: (1) ; (2) ; (3) homoskedasticity ; (4) no autocorrelation for . When are the least-squares estimators unbiased?
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Suppose least squares is used to fit yᵢ=β₁+β₂xᵢ+εᵢ, with not all x 's identical. Assumptions: (1) E(εᵢ)=0; (2) Cov(xᵢ,εᵢ)=0; (3) homoskedasticity Var(εᵢ)=σ²; (4) no autocorrelation Cov(εᵢ,εⱼ)=0 for i≠ j. When are the least-squares estimators unbiased? (A) Only if our data satisfy assumptions (1) and (2). (B) Only if our data satisfy assumptions (1), (2), (3), and (4). (C) Only if our data satisfy assumptions (1), (2), and (3). (D) Only if our data satisfy (1), (2), and (4).
Also written as: Suppose least squares is used to fit y_i=beta_1+beta_2x_i+epsilon_i, with not all x 's identical. Assumptions: (1) E(epsilon_i)=0; (2) Cov(x_i,epsilon_i)=0; (3) homoskedasticity Var(epsilon_i)=sigma^2; (4) no autocorrelation Cov(epsilon_i,epsilon_j)=0 for i!= j. When are the least-squares estimators unbiased?
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