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Statistics
Aug - Dec 2010
Economics 105
Regression Analysis Topics (Deadline for approval is 4 p.m., Friday, Nov 5th)
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Student* (* = approved) |
Dependent Variable (Y) | Independent Variable (X1) | Independent Variable (X2) |
| *Zhang, Mali | Depression measure for children | Age difference of parents | |
| *Zhang, Kun | GDP growth rate by countries | Public education spending (% GDP) | R&D expenditures (% GDP) |
| *van Peursem | voluteer rate by U.S. state | Avg income per capita | Avg Education/Literacy rate |
| *Urso | PGA tour earnings | Putting index | ball-striking measure |
| *Tupper | Travel time to work last week for individuals | Time of departure | Bus dummy |
| *Strain | Change in Attendance for MLB teams | Change in Win Pct | Playoff dummy |
| *Spellings | Crime rate | Church attendance | Expenditures on law enforcement |
| *Snipes | Church attendance by U.S. state in 2000 | education level in 2000 | income per capita in 2000 |
| *Shannon | NBA player salary | race | experience (# years in league) |
| *Romais | Amount of public assistance received by sample of individuals (INCWELFR) | Vietnam veteran dummy (VETVIETN) | years of education |
| *Ristig | Olympic medal count by country | GDP per capita | population |
| *Reese | Attendance in MLB games | Runs scored (z or 100s) | win pct prior year |
| *Pugh | expenditure on personal health care per capita by state | obesity level | income per capita |
| *Parker | NFL winning percentage | attendance | opponent quality |
| *Papadopoulos | Real world oil price by year | Major global event dummies by year | Aggregate quantity of oil reserves (for all countries) |
| *Mitchell | MLB win pct | team salary | team ERA |
| *Milvaney | MLB attendance by team | Avg ticket price | team quality measure |
| *McEathron | violent crime rate by U.S. state | Police officers per capita | Death penalty dummy |
| *Maldonado | Infant mortality by country | GDP per capita | Female literacy rate |
| *Lucas | GDP growth rate by country | Female share of labor force | Population growth rate |
| *Lin | Measure of domestic violence (assaults on women) by county | Female-Male wage ratio | unemployment rate |
| *Kidwell | Number times having 5 or more drinks in a row (in last 2 weeks) | Fraternity/sorority membership dummy | Hours spent playing intercollegiate athletics |
| *Kaiser | Salary of MLB players | OPS | Fielding % |
| *Irvine | Divorce rate by U.S. state | % Republican | % urban |
| *Hwang | Win pct for NBA teams | Salary inequality measure | Team efficiency |
| *Hunt | Total consumption of fossil fuels by month | price of gasoline by month | unemployment rate by month |
| *Hopkins | Avg ticket price at NY Yankees & Met games by year 1975 - 2009 (weighted by seats in stadium) | Median metro area income by year | Team winning % in prior year |
| *Hauer | Obesity rate per U.S. state | # McDonald's per capita in capital city | HS graduation rate |
| *Haubert | Change in % voting Republican (2010-2008) | Change in % unemployment | % change in income |
| *Habliston | Attendance (% of capacity) for MLB, NHL, NFL, NBA teams | % vendors with food violation | Avg Win % over 5 years |
| *Frongello | NHL attendance by team | New arena dummy var | Penalty Minutes |
| *Freeman | GPA | work study hours | alcohol consumption |
| *Farrell | % voting democrat | income | education |
| *DuPuis | Obesity measure (BMI for individuals) | income | ethnicity dummy |
| *Duchesneau | Win pct of NFL coach | Coach played in NFL (1 = yes) | Team quality measure |
| *Dowlen | college GPA | SAT/ACT score | X2 |
| *Carney, Nick | % of legal immigrants going to each U.S. state | state avg income per capita | state spending on education per capita |
| *Carney, Matthew | Change in unemployment rate by state | Stimulus money received per cap | Change in state GDP per cap |
| *Brun | wage (from IPUMS sample of individuals) | Born in Haiti (1 = yes, 0 = no) | education |
| *Brown | Recidivism rate | length of sentence | received drug/alcohol abuse treatment dummy |
| *Brewster | Donation from alum (either amount or yes/no) | index measure of "engagement" or "success" at Davidson | Age or gender |
| *Besnoff | Change in GPA from 1st to 2nd semester | PC membership (dummy) | Gender |
| *Beckmann | murder rate per 1000 residents | execution rate | gun ownership rate |
| *Alston | 75%ile SAT score by college/university | Measures of sports success | Tuition |