Number of predictor variables


Discuss the following statements and explain why they are true or false:

a) Increasing the number of predictor variables will never decrease the R^2.

b) Multicollinearity affects the interpretation of the regression coefficients.

c) The variance inflation factor of Bhat depends on the R^2 of the regression of the response variable Y on the regressor variable Xj.

d) A high leverage point is always highly influential.

e) Standardized residuals are always smaller than the ordinary residuals.

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