Which of the following is true of heteroscedasticity?

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Q. Which of the following is true of heteroscedasticity?

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a. Population R-squared is affected by the presence of heteroscedasticity.

b. Heteroscedasticity causes inconsistency in the ordinary least squares estimators.

c. The ordinary least squares estimators are not the best linear unbiased estimators if heteroscedasticity is present.

d. It is not possible to obtain F statistics that are robust to heteroscedasticity of an unknown form.

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