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dejastew

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Asymptotic distribution theory is
 
  A) not practically relevant, because we never have an infinite number of observations.
  B) only of theoretical interest.
  C) of interest because it tells you what the distribution approximately looks like in small samples.
  D) the distribution of statistics when the sample size is very large.

Question 2

The extended least squares assumptions are of interest, because
 
  A) they will often hold in practice.
  B) if they hold, then OLS is consistent.
  C) they allow you to study additional theoretical properties of OLS.
  D) if they hold, we can no longer calculate confidence intervals.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C



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