Chapter 11: Q34E (page 661)
Refer to Exercise 11.14 (p. 653). Calculate SSE and s for the least-squares line. Use the value of s to determine where most of the errors of prediction lie.
Short Answer
SSE is 41.9533, 8.39066, and s is 2.89667.
Chapter 11: Q34E (page 661)
Refer to Exercise 11.14 (p. 653). Calculate SSE and s for the least-squares line. Use the value of s to determine where most of the errors of prediction lie.
SSE is 41.9533, 8.39066, and s is 2.89667.
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a. Locate the values of SSE, , and s on the SPSS printout.
b. Give a practical interpretation of the value of s.
The following table is similar to Table 11.2. It is used for making the preliminary computations for finding the least-squares line for the given pairs of x- and y-values.
a. Complete the table.
b. FindSSxy.
c. Find SSxx.
d. Find.
e. Find.
f. Find.
g. Find the least-squares line.
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 |
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