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By defining the fractional principal components regression model as y̲ = Zα̲ + 𝛜̲ = ZF⁻α<sub>F</sub> + 𝛜̲ where α<sub>F</sub> = Fα̲ and F⁻ is a generalized inverse of a diagonal matrix P, the resulting estimators of α̲<sub>F</sub>, based on various forms of F, are shown to define the class of the fractional principal components estimators. In the fractional principal components framework, several new estimation techniques are developed. The performances of the new estimators are evaluated and compared with other commonly used biased estimators both theoretically and by simulation studies.","abstract_html":"Several biased estimators have been proposed as alternatives to the least squares estimator when multicollinearity is present in the multiple linear regression model. 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