Câu hỏi: Which of the following is the most accurate definition of the term “the OLS estimator”?

A. It comprises the numerical values obtained from OLS estimation

B. It is a formula that, when applied to the data, will yield the parameter estimates

C. It is equivalent to the term “the OLS estimate”

D. It is a collection of all of the data used to estimate a linear regression model.

Câu 1: What is the relationship, if any, between the normal and t-distributions?

A. A t-distribution with zero degrees of freedom is a normal

B. A t-distribution with one degree of freedom is a normal

C. A t-distribution with infinite degrees of freedom is a normal

D. There is no relationship between the two distributions

Câu 2: What result is proved by the Gauss-Markov theorem?

A. That OLS gives unbiased coefficient estimates

B. That OLS gives minimum variance coefficient estimates

C. That OLS gives minimum variance coefficient estimates only among the class of linear unbiased estimators

D. That OLS ensures that the errors are distributed normally

Câu 3: Which of the following is the correct value for?

A. 2.89

B. 1.30

C. 0.84

D. We cannot determine the value of from the information given in the question

Câu 4: The value of the Durbin Watson test statistic in a regression with 4 regressors (including the constant term) estimated on 100 observations is 3.6. What might we suggest from this? 

A. The residuals are positively autocorrelated

B. The residuals are negatively autocorrelated

C. There is no autocorrelation in the residuals

D. The test statistic has fallen in the intermediate region

Câu 5: Suppose that we wanted to sum the 2007 returns on ten shares to calculate the return on a portfolio over that year. What method of calculating the individual stock returns would enable us to do this?

A. Simple

B. Continuously compounded

C. Neither approach would allow us to do this validly

D. Either approach could be used and they would both give the same portfolio return

Câu 6: Consider an increase in the size of the test used to examine a hypothesis from 5% to 10%. Which one of the following would be an implication?

A. The probability of a Type I error is increased

B. The probability of a Type II error is increased

C. The rejection criterion has become more strict

D. The null hypothesis will be rejected less often