Câu hỏi: Which of the following would NOT be a potential remedy for the problem of multicollinearity between regressors?

A. Removing one of the explanatory variables

B. Transforming the data into logarithms

C. Transforming two of the explanatory variables into ratios

D. Collecting higher frequency data on all of the variables

Câu 1: Which of the following is NOT a good reason for including a disturbance term in a regression equation?

A. It captures omitted determinants of the dependent variable

B. To allow for the non-zero mean of the dependent variable

C. To allow for errors in the measurement of the dependent variable

D. To allow for random influences on the dependent variable

Câu 2: The numerical score assigned to the credit rating of a bond is best described as what type of number?

A. Continuous

B. Cardinal

C. Ordinal

D. Nominal

Câu 3: Which of the following is NOT correct with regard to the p-value attached to a test statistic?

A. p-values can only be used for two-sided tests

B. It is the marginal significance level where we would be indifferent between rejecting and not rejecting the null hypothesis

C. It is the exact significance level for the test

D. Given the p-value, we can make inferences without referring to statistical tables

Câu 4: What is the relationship, if any, between t-distributed and F-distributed random variables?

A. A t-variate with z degrees of freedom is also an F(1, z)

B. The square of a t-variate with z degrees of freedom is also an F(1, z)

C. A t-variate with z degrees of freedom is also an F(z, 1)

D. There is no relationship between the two distributions

Câu 5: Which of the following would you expect to be a problem associated with adding lagged values of the dependent variable into a regression equation?

A. The assumption that the regressors are non-stochastic is violated

B. A model with many lags may lead to residual non-normality

C. Adding lags may induce multicollinearity with current values of variables

D. The standard errors of the coefficients will fall as a result of adding more explanatory variables

Câu 6: 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