Exam 5: Prediction, Goodness-Of-Fit and Modeling Issues
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While working with the sales manager of your firm you have estimated the following model of sales volume as a function of monthly household income:
(0.781)(0.392) Where Q is monthly sales volume,I is monthly household income in thousands,and standard errors are listed below the parameter estimates.
What is the income elasticity of your firm's product?

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What is the skewness of the normal distribution?
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When the residuals from a simple regression model appear to be correlated with x,this is known as_______________________________.
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Heteroskedasticity
You have estimated a model of two variables related such that ln(y)= 17.3 - .04 x
If x decreases by 2 units,what is the expected change in y?
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If a scatter plot of the data reveals an inverted U shape,what data transformation would allow it to be estimated with simple linear regression?
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A measure of the symmetry of a distribution is ________________________.
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You have estimated the following simple regression model y = 379 + 1.44 x3
What is the elasticity when x = 8.49?
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When should a researcher consider transforming the explanatory variable in the simple linear regression model?
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You have estimated a regression model and your printout includes the following information sxy= 3614.00
Sx = 12.72
Sy = 394.61
SST = 758912.00.
What is R2 for this regression model?
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What about the distribution of a random variable does kurtosis measure?
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You have estimated the following simple regression model y = 379 + 1.44 x3
What does this model predict y to be when x = 8.49?
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You have estimated a regression model and your printout includes the following information sxy= 3614.00
Sx = 12.72
Sy = 394.61
SST = 758912.00.
Use this information to calculate SSE.
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When should a researcher consider transforming the explanatory variable in a simple linear regression model?
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What hypothesis is tested when using the Jarque-Berra test ?
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At what values of x0 will the standard error of the forecast be smallest?
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Which of the following will change if you scale the dependent variable in a simple regression model?
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Which of the following expressions is NOT equal to Ʃ(yi - y̅)2 ?
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While working with the sales manager of your firm you have estimated the following model of sales volume as a function of monthly household income:
(0.781)(0.392) Where Q is monthly sales volume,I is monthly household income in thousands,and standard errors are listed below the parameter estimates.
What does the model predict sales volume to be if using the corrected predictor when income is $4000 per month?

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