QUESTION 1 [60)
1.1
For each of the following indicates the Statistical tools to be applied:
(a) Examining how the level of employee training impacts customer satisfaction ratings
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(b) Predict weight if we know an individual's height.
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(c) A researcher decides to study students' performance from a school over a period of
time.
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(d) Measuring the relationship between two securities.
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(e) Predicting whether a patient has a particular disease or not.
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1.2
What is the effect of putting additional predictor variables in the model on each of
the following?
a)
R2
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b)
Adj R 2
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c)
SSE
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d)
Estimated standard deviation of the errors
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1.3 A biologist is comparing the intervals (m seconds) between the mating calls of a certain species
of tree frog and the surrounding temperature (t 0C). The following results were obtained.
t 0c
m secs
8
13 I
14
15
15
20
25
30
6.5
4.5 I
6
5
4
3
2
1
a) Calculate the coefficient of correlation and interpret it
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b) Test the significance of the coefficient of correlation at 5%
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c) Find the equation of the regression line
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d) Use your regression line to estimate the time interval between mating calls when the
°c surrounding temperature is 10
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1.2 A multiple regression model of the following form is fitted to a data set.
Yi= /Jo+/J1X1 + /J2X2 + /33X3 + /34X4 + Ei,Ei~N(O, cr2) i. i. d.
Variables
Cons
xl
x2
x3
x4
Coefficients
5.3036
4.0336
-9.3153
Std. Error
0.196
2.5316
2.4657
2.2852
t value
8.438
1.627
0.257
Pr(>ltl
3.57
0.03
0.107
0.002
0.7973
a) Find the missing values in the output.
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b) Write down the estimated regression model.
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c) Test the significance of x4.
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d) Interpret the coefficients of all variables.
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e) Test the significance of x3.
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Regression Analysis and ANOVA (RAA602S)
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