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Table 3 The outcomes of heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation Test

From: Socio-economic factors affecting high infant and child mortality rates in selected African countries: does globalisation play any role?

Model

LNINF

LNCM

Presence

Test

Test statistic

P-value

Test statistic

P-value

Modified Wald test for group wise heteroscedasticity

χ2 = 825.31

0.000

χ2 = 1459.35

0.000

Yes

Wooldridge test for autocorrelation in panel data

F-statistic = 174.602

0.000

F-statistic = 198.140

0.000

Yes

  1. Auto correlation: Wooldridge test for autocorrelation in panel data. H0: no first-order autocorrelation
  2. Heteroscedasticity: Modified Wald test for groupwise heteroskedasticity; Ho: sigma(i)^ 2 = sigma^ 2 for all i: No heteroskedasticity