Exam 13: Multiple Regression

SCENARIO 13-9 You decide to predict gasoline prices in different cities and towns in the United States for your term project.Your dependent variable is price of gasoline per gallon and your explanatory variables are per capita income and the number of firms that manufacture automobile parts in and around the city.You collected data of 32 cities and obtained a regression sum of squares SSR= 122.8821.Your computed value of standard error of the estimate is 1.9549. -Referring to SCENARIO 13-9, what is the value of the coefficient of multiple determination?

SCENARIO 13-15 The superintendent of a school district wanted to predict the percentage of students passing a sixth- grade proficiency test.She obtained the data on percentage of students passing the proficiency test (% Passing), mean teacher salary in thousands of dollars (Salaries), and instructional spending per pupil in thousands of dollars (Spending) of 47 schools in the state. Following is the multiple regression output with Y = % Passing as the dependent variable, X1 = Salaries and X 2 = Spending: Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.4276 R Square 0.1828 Adjusted R Square 0.1457 Standard Error 5.7351 Observations 47 ANOVA df SS MS F Significance F Regression 2 323.8284 161.9142 4.9227 0.0118 Residual 44 1447.2094 32.8911 Total 46 1771.0378 Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P-value Lower 95\% Upper 95\% Intercept -72.9916 45.9106 -1.5899 0.1190 -165.5184 19.5352 Salary 2.7939 0.8974 3.1133 0.0032 0.9853 4.6025 Spending 0.3742 0.9782 0.3825 0.7039 -1.5972 2.3455 -Referring to SCENARIO 13-15, what is the p-value of the test statistic when testing whether mean teacher salary has any effect on percentage of students passing the proficiency test, considering the effect of instructional spending per pupil?

SCENARIO 13-17 Given below are results from the regression analysis where the dependent variable is the number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff (Unemploy) and the independent variables are the age of the worker (Age) and a dummy variable for management position (Manager: 1 = yes, 0 = no). The results of the regression analysis are given below: Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.6391 R Square 0.4085 Adjusted R Square 0.3765 Standard Error 18.8929 Observations 40 ANOVA df SS MS F Significance F Regression 2 9119.0897 4559.5448 12.7740 0.0000 Residual 37 13206.8103 356.9408 Total 39 22325.9 Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P -value Intercept -0.2143 11.5796 -0.0185 0.9853 Age 1.4448 0.3160 4.5717 0.0000 Manager -22.5761 11.3488 -1.9893 0.0541 -Referring to SCENARIO 13-17, what is the value of the test statistic to determine whether there is a significant relationship between the number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff and the entire set of explanatory variables?

SCENARIO 13-5 A microeconomist wants to determine how corporate sales are influenced by capital and wage spending by companies.She proceeds to randomly select 26 large corporations and record information in millions of dollars.The Microsoft Excel output below shows results of this multiple regression. SUMMARY OUTPUT Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.830 R Square 0.689 Adjusted R Square 0.662 Standard Error 17501.643 Observations 26 ANOVA df SS MS F Signif F Regression 2 15579777040 7789888520 25.432 0.0001 Residual 23 7045072780 306307512 Total 25 22624849820 Coeff StdError t Stat P -value Intercept 15800.0000 6038.2999 2.617 0.0154 Capital 0.1245 0.2045 0.609 0.5485 Wages 7.0762 1.4729 4.804 0.0001 -Referring to SCENARIO 13-5, what is the p-value for testing whether Wages have a negative impact on corporate sales?

SCENARIO 13-14 An automotive engineer would like to be able to predict automobile mileages.She believes that the two most important characteristics that affect mileage are horsepower and the number of cylinders (4 or 6) of a car.She believes that the appropriate model is Y = 40 - 0.05X1 + 20X2 - 0.1X1X2 where X1 = horsepower X2 = 1 if 4 cylinders, 0 if 6 cylinders Y = mileage. -Referring to SCENARIO 13-14, the predicted mileage for a 300 horsepower, 6-cylinder car is_.

SCENARIO 13-17 Given below are results from the regression analysis where the dependent variable is the number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff (Unemploy) and the independent variables are the age of the worker (Age) and a dummy variable for management position (Manager: 1 = yes, 0 = no). The results of the regression analysis are given below: Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.6391 R Square 0.4085 Adjusted R Square 0.3765 Standard Error 18.8929 Observations 40 ANOVA df SS MS F Significance F Regression 2 9119.0897 4559.5448 12.7740 0.0000 Residual 37 13206.8103 356.9408 Total 39 22325.9 Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P -value Intercept -0.2143 11.5796 -0.0185 0.9853 Age 1.4448 0.3160 4.5717 0.0000 Manager -22.5761 11.3488 -1.9893 0.0541 -Referring to SCENARIO 13-17, what are the lower and upper limits of the 95% confidence interval estimate for the effect of a one-year increase in age on the mean number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff after taking into consideration the effect of all the other independent variables?

SCENARIO 13-13 An econometrician is interested in evaluating the relationship of demand for building materials to mortgage rates in Los Angeles and San Francisco.He believes that the appropriate model is $Y = 10 + 5 X _ { 1 } + 8 X _ { 2 }$ where = mortgage rate in \% =1 if SF, 0 if LA Y= demand in \ 100 per capita -Referring to SCENARIO 13-13, the effect of living in San Francisco rather than Los Angeles is to increase the mean demand by an estimated .

SCENARIO 13-17 Given below are results from the regression analysis where the dependent variable is the number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff (Unemploy) and the independent variables are the age of the worker (Age) and a dummy variable for management position (Manager: 1 = yes, 0 = no). The results of the regression analysis are given below: Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.6391 R Square 0.4085 Adjusted R Square 0.3765 Standard Error 18.8929 Observations 40 ANOVA df SS MS F Significance F Regression 2 9119.0897 4559.5448 12.7740 0.0000 Residual 37 13206.8103 356.9408 Total 39 22325.9 Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P -value Intercept -0.2143 11.5796 -0.0185 0.9853 Age 1.4448 0.3160 4.5717 0.0000 Manager -22.5761 11.3488 -1.9893 0.0541 -Referring to SCENARIO 13-17, the alternative hypothesis H 1: At least one of $\beta$ j $\neq$ 0 for j =1, 2 implies that the number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff is related to at least one of the explanatory variables.

SCENARIO 13-5 A microeconomist wants to determine how corporate sales are influenced by capital and wage spending by companies.She proceeds to randomly select 26 large corporations and record information in millions of dollars.The Microsoft Excel output below shows results of this multiple regression. SUMMARY OUTPUT Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.830 R Square 0.689 Adjusted R Square 0.662 Standard Error 17501.643 Observations 26 ANOVA df SS MS F Signif F Regression 2 15579777040 7789888520 25.432 0.0001 Residual 23 7045072780 306307512 Total 25 22624849820 Coeff StdError t Stat P -value Intercept 15800.0000 6038.2999 2.617 0.0154 Capital 0.1245 0.2045 0.609 0.5485 Wages 7.0762 1.4729 4.804 0.0001 -Referring to SCENARIO 13-5, one company in the sample had sales of $21.439 billion (Sales =21,439).This company spent $300 million on capital and $700 million on wages.What is the residual (in millions of dollars) for this data point?

SCENARIO 13-13 An econometrician is interested in evaluating the relationship of demand for building materials to mortgage rates in Los Angeles and San Francisco.He believes that the appropriate model is $Y = 10 + 5 X _ { 1 } + 8 X _ { 2 }$ where = mortgage rate in \% =1 if SF, 0 if LA Y= demand in \ 100 per capita -Referring to SCENARIO 13-13, the predicted demand in Los Angeles when the mortgage rate is 8% is .

SCENARIO 13-15 The superintendent of a school district wanted to predict the percentage of students passing a sixth- grade proficiency test.She obtained the data on percentage of students passing the proficiency test (% Passing), mean teacher salary in thousands of dollars (Salaries), and instructional spending per pupil in thousands of dollars (Spending) of 47 schools in the state. Following is the multiple regression output with Y = % Passing as the dependent variable, X1 = Salaries and X 2 = Spending: Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.4276 R Square 0.1828 Adjusted R Square 0.1457 Standard Error 5.7351 Observations 47 ANOVA df SS MS F Significance F Regression 2 323.8284 161.9142 4.9227 0.0118 Residual 44 1447.2094 32.8911 Total 46 1771.0378 Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P-value Lower 95\% Upper 95\% Intercept -72.9916 45.9106 -1.5899 0.1190 -165.5184 19.5352 Salary 2.7939 0.8974 3.1133 0.0032 0.9853 4.6025 Spending 0.3742 0.9782 0.3825 0.7039 -1.5972 2.3455 -Referring to SCENARIO 13-15, what is the standard error of estimate?

Consider a regression in which b2 = - 1.5 and the standard error of this coefficient equals 0.3.To determine whether X2 is a significant explanatory variable, you would compute an observed t-value of - 5.0.

An interaction term in a multiple regression model may be used when

SCENARIO 13-10 You worked as an intern at We Always Win Car Insurance Company last summer.You notice that individual car insurance premiums depend very much on the age of the individual and the number of traffic tickets received by the individual.You performed a regression analysis in EXCEL and obtained the following partial information: Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.8546 R Square 0.7303 Adjusted R Square 0.6853 Standard Error 226.7502 Observations 15 ANOVA df SS MS F Siqnificonce F Regression 2 835284.6500 16.2457 0.0004 Residual 12 616987.8200 Total 2287557.1200 Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P-value Lower 99\% Upper 99\% Intercept 821.2617 161.9391 5.0714 0.0003 326.6124 1315.9111 Age -1.4061 2.5988 -0.5411 0.5984 -9.3444 6.5321 Tickets 243.4401 43.2470 5.6291 0.0001 111.3406 375.5396 -Referring to SCENARIO 13-10, the estimated mean change in insurance premiums for every 2 additional tickets received is .

SCENARIO 13-18 A logistic regression model was estimated in order to predict the probability that a randomly chosen university or college would be a private university using information on mean total Scholastic Aptitude Test score (SAT) at the university or college and whether the TOEFL criterion is at least 90 (Toefl90 = 1 if yes, 0 otherwise.) The dependent variable, Y, is school type (Type = 1 if private and 0 otherwise).There are 80 universities in the sample. The PHStat output is given below: Binary Logistic Regression Predictor Coefficients SE Coef Z p -Value Intercept -3.9594 1.6741 -2.3650 0.0180 SAT 0.0028 0.0011 2.5459 0.0109 Toefl90:1 0.1928 0.5827 0.3309 0.7407 Deviance 101.9826 -Referring to SCENARIO 13-18, which of the following is the correct interpretation for the SATslope coefficient?

When an additional explanatory variable is introduced into a multiple regression model, the coefficient of multiple determination will never decrease.

SCENARIO 13-10 You worked as an intern at We Always Win Car Insurance Company last summer.You notice that individual car insurance premiums depend very much on the age of the individual and the number of traffic tickets received by the individual.You performed a regression analysis in EXCEL and obtained the following partial information: Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.8546 R Square 0.7303 Adjusted R Square 0.6853 Standard Error 226.7502 Observations 15 ANOVA df SS MS F Siqnificonce F Regression 2 835284.6500 16.2457 0.0004 Residual 12 616987.8200 Total 2287557.1200 Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P-value Lower 99\% Upper 99\% Intercept 821.2617 161.9391 5.0714 0.0003 326.6124 1315.9111 Age -1.4061 2.5988 -0.5411 0.5984 -9.3444 6.5321 Tickets 243.4401 43.2470 5.6291 0.0001 111.3406 375.5396 -Referring to SCENARIO 13-10, to test the significance of the multiple regression model, the value of the test statistic is .

SCENARIO 13-17 Given below are results from the regression analysis where the dependent variable is the number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff (Unemploy) and the independent variables are the age of the worker (Age) and a dummy variable for management position (Manager: 1 = yes, 0 = no). The results of the regression analysis are given below: Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.6391 R Square 0.4085 Adjusted R Square 0.3765 Standard Error 18.8929 Observations 40 ANOVA df SS MS F Significance F Regression 2 9119.0897 4559.5448 12.7740 0.0000 Residual 37 13206.8103 356.9408 Total 39 22325.9 Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P -value Intercept -0.2143 11.5796 -0.0185 0.9853 Age 1.4448 0.3160 4.5717 0.0000 Manager -22.5761 11.3488 -1.9893 0.0541 -Referring to SCENARIO 13-17, you can conclude that, holding constant the effect of the other independent variable, age has no impact on the mean number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff at a 5% level of significance if we use only the information of the 95% confidence interval estimate for the effect of a one year increase in age on the mean number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff.

SCENARIO 13-4 A real estate builder wishes to determine how house size (House) is influenced by family income (Income) and family size (Size).House size is measured in hundreds of square feet and income is measured in thousands of dollars.The builder randomly selected 50 families and ran the multiple regression.Partial Microsoft Excel output is provided below: Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.8479 R Square 0.7189 Adjusted R Square 0.7069 Standard Error 17.5571 Observations 50 ANOVA df SS MS F Signif F Regression 37043.3236 18521.6618 0.0000 Residual 14487.7627 308.2503 Total 49 51531.0863 Coefficients Standard Error t Stat -value Intercept -5.5146 7.2273 -0.7630 0.4493 Income 0.4262 0.0392 10.8668 0.0000 Size 5.5437 1.6949 3.2708 0.0020 $\text { Also } \operatorname{SSR}\left(X_{1} \mid X_{2}\right)=36400.6326 \text { and } \operatorname{SSR}\left(X_{2} \mid X_{1}\right)=3297.7917$ -Referring to SCENARIO 13-4, what fraction of the variability in house size is explained by income and size of family?

SCENARIO 13-3 An economist is interested to see how consumption for an economy (in $ billions) is influenced by gross domestic product ($ billions) and aggregate price (consumer price index).The Microsoft Excel output of this regression is partially reproduced below. $\text { SUMMARY OUTPUT }$ Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.991 R Square 0.982 Adjusted R Square 0.976 Standard Error 0.299 Observations 10 ANOVA df SS MS F Signif F Regression 2 33.4163 16.7082 186.325 0.0001 Residual 7 0.6277 0.0897 Total 9 34.0440 Coeff StdError t Stat P -value Intercept -0.0861 0.5674 -0.152 0.8837 GDP 0.7654 0.0574 13.340 0.0001 Price -0.0006 0.0028 -0.219 0.8330 -Referring to SCENARIO 13-3, one economy in the sample had an aggregate consumption level of $4 billion, a GDP of $6 billion, and an aggregate price level of 200.What is the residual for this data point?