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multicollinearity

British  
/ ˌmʌltɪkəʊˌlɪnɪˈærɪtɪ /

noun

  1. statistics the condition occurring when two or more of the independent variables in a regression equation are correlated

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We take up multicollinearity because it is so often prevalent in Economic models and it often leads to frustrating results.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

This condition is called multicollinearity, which will be taken up in detail later.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

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