Regressors

Once you understand the basics, the most important question becomes:  How do we pick the regressors?  We will consider four issues:

Left-Out Variables
You leave out a regressor by mistake.  [sim]

Irrelevant Variables
You include a regressor by mistake.  [sim]  How much difference does it make?

Multicollinearity
For either of the previous two issues, the regressors are correlated.  definition

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