Exam 1

1. Metainformation

   Tag	Value
   file	Assumptions_uu-multicolinearity-002-en_uu-multicolinearity-002-en
   name	uu-multicolinearity-002-en
   section	Assumptions/Multicolinearity
   type	schoice
   solution	FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE
   Type	Case
   Program
   Language	English
   Level	Statistical Literacy

   Question

   In Boelen and van den Hout’s article, The Role of Threatening Misinterpretations and Avoidance in Emotional Problems After Loss (2008), they write the following sentence (from Statistical analyses): ‘As recommended by Aiken and West, in all regression analyses, predictors were centred to reduce ….’. What should be filled in to complete the sentence correctly?

   
   
   1. FALSE: Heteroscedasticity.
   2. FALSE: Multicollinearity.
   3. TRUE: Homoscedasticity.
   4. FALSE: Linearity.
   
   

   Solution

   Centering the predictors is one way to reduce multicollinearity.