What is multicollinearity impact on coefficients?

Updated May 16, 2026

Short answer

It increases variance of coefficient estimates, making them unstable.

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Highly correlated predictors make it difficult to isolate individual effects, causing coefficients to fluctuate significantly with small data changes.

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