The Durbin-Watson statistic for a data set gives a value of 0.This means that ________.
A)the errors for each value of X are normally distributed
B)the data exhibits autocorrelation
C)a curvilinear regression model should be used for the data
D)the data is heteroscedastic

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A Durbin-Watson statistic of 0 indicates a perfect positive autocorrelation in the data, which means that there is a high likelihood of serial correlation in the error terms. Therefore, the data exhibits autocorrelation.

The Durbin-Watson Statistic for a Data Set Gives a Value