Chapter 11: Q32E (page 661)
Calculate SSE andfor each of the following cases:
a. n = 20,,,
b. n = 40, , , ,
c. n = 10, ,,
Short Answer
- SSE = 57.5, = 3.195
- SSE = 257.5, = 6.78
- SSE = 12.5, = 1.56
Chapter 11: Q32E (page 661)
Calculate SSE andfor each of the following cases:
a. n = 20,,,
b. n = 40, , , ,
c. n = 10, ,,
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a. Calculate the estimated standard error for the regression model.
b. Interpret the estimation value calculated in part a.
In each case, graph the line that passes through the given points.
a. (1, 1) and (5, 5) b. (0, 3) and (3, 0)
c. (-1, 1), and (4, 2) d. (-6, -3) and (2, 6)
Software millionaires and birthdays. Refer to Exercise 11.23 (p. 655) and the study of software millionaires and their birthdays. The data are reproduced on p. 663.
a. Find SSE and s for the simple linear regression model relating the number (y) of software millionaire birthdays in a decade to the total number (x) of U.S. births.
b. Find SSE and s for the simple linear regression model relating the number (y) of software millionaire birthdays in a decade to the number (x) of CEO birthdays.
c. Which of the two models' fit will have smaller errors of prediction? Why?
Decade | Total U.S. Births (millions) | Number of Software Millionaire Birthdays | Number of CEO Birthdays (in a random sample of 70 companies from the Fortune 500 list) |
1920 | 28.582 | 3 | 2 |
1930 | 24.374 | 1 | 2 |
1940 | 31.666 | 10 | 23 |
1950 | 40.530 | 14 | 38 |
1960 | 38.808 | 7 | 9 |
1970 | 33.309 | 4 | 0 |
Congress voting on women’s issues. The American Economic Review (March 2008) published research on how the gender mix of a U.S. legislator’s children can influence the legislator’s votes in Congress. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) uses voting records of each member of Congress to compute an AAUW score, where higher scores indicate more favorable voting for women’s rights. The researcher wants to use the number of daughters a legislator has to predict the legislator’s AAUW score.
a. In this study, identify the dependent and independent variables.
b. Explain why a probabilistic model is more appropriate than a deterministic model.
c. Write the equation of the straight-line, probabilistic model.
Refer to Exercise 11.14. After the least-squares line has been obtained, the table below (which is similar to Table 11.2) can be used for (1) comparing the observed and the predicted values of y and (2) computing SSE.
a. Complete the table.
b. Plot the least-squares line on a scatterplot of the data. Plot the following line on the same graph:
c. Show that SSE is larger for the line in part b than for the least-squares line.
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