Q388
In assumptions testing, violation of constant variance is called
A.
heteroscedasticity
AnswerB.
heterogeneous
C.
homogenous
D.
homoscedasticity
Answer: Option A
Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
In assumptions testing, violation of constant variance is called heteroscedasticity. Heteroscedasticity means unequal scatter. In regression analysis, we talk about heteroscedasticity in the context of the residuals or error term. Specifically, heteroscedasticity is a systematic change in the spread of the residuals over the range of measured values.