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CAS Exam MAS-II Fall 2018, Question 8

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You are fitting a Linear Mixed Model to a set of 50 observations. Your model is of the form Y_i = X_i\beta + Z_i u_i + \varepsilon_i.

Your model includes 3 fixed covariates and 2 random covariates. The variance-covariance matrix of u_i is D.

Determine the dimensions of the matrix D.

  • A) 2 rows and 2 columns
  • B) 3 rows and 3 columns
  • C) 5 rows and 5 columns
  • D) 50 rows and 50 columns
  • E) The answer is not given by (A), (B), (C), or (D)

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