Câu hỏi: If the residuals of a model containing lags of the dependent variable are autocorrelated, which one of the following could this lead to?

A. Biased but consistent coefficient estimates

B. Biased and inconsistent coefficient estimates

C. Unbiased but inconsistent coefficient estimates

D. Unbiased and consistent but inefficient coefficient estimates

Câu 1: Which of the following sets of characteristics would usually best describe an autoregressive process of order 3 (i.e. an AR(3))?

A. A slowly decaying acf, and a pacf with 3 significant spikes

B. A slowly decaying pacf and an acf with 3 significant spikes

C. A slowly decaying acf and pacf

D.  An acf and a pacf with 3 significant spikes

Câu 2: What is the optimal three-step ahead forecast from the AR(2) model given in question 14?

A. -0.1

B. 0.27

C. -0.34

D. -0.31

Câu 3: What would be the consequences for the OLS estimator if autocorrelation is present in a regression model but ignored?

A. It will be biased

B. It will be inconsistent

C. It will be inefficient

D. All of a, b and c will be true

Câu 4: Consider the following picture and suggest the model from the following list that best characterises the process:

A. An AR(1)

B. An AR(2)

C. An ARMA(1,1)

D. An MA(3)

Câu 5: If a series, yt, follows a random walk (with no drift), what is the optimal 1-step ahead forecast for y?

A. The current value of y

B. Zero

C. The historical unweighted average of y

D. An exponentially weighted average of previous values of y

Câu 6: If there are three variables that are being tested for cointegration, what is the maximum number of linearly independent cointegrating relationships that there could be?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3