Regression Analysis Topics (Deadline for approval is 4 p.m., Friday, Nov 4th)
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Student* (* = approved) |
Dependent Variable (Y) | Independent Variable (X1) | Independent Variable (X2) |
| Alston, JJ | |||
| Barna, Andrew | Change in Win Pct college baseball teams 2010 - 2009 | Change in HR / game | Change in Bunts / game |
| *Beightol, J | Team ERA for MLB teams | Salary of all pitchers | Average age of all pitchers |
| *Bolton, Ted | Earnings of professional tennis players | break point conversion rate | 1st serve percentage |
| *Brandt, Forrest | # Fouls called home-away | conference dummy / age of refs | Attendance |
| *Bricker, Noah | GDP growth over 10-year period | change in Female Labor Force Participation rate | change in public spending on education as % of GDP |
| *Burd, Katherine | Educational attainment from IPUMS data | Citizenship status | measure of migration |
| *Caldwell, Eli | Graduation rate by university/college | Average indebtedness at graduation | measure of SAT score |
| *Cerbie, James | Quality of football recruiting class at SEC universities | Measure of Team Performance in prior seasons |
Measure of coaching success (BCS appearance/SEC titles) or player success (NFL) in prior seasons |
| *Ducker, Erik | Attendance of MLB teams by season (regular season), 1995-2011 | Home runs | Winning % |
| *DyBuncio, Jaime | Wins by NBA team by season (regular season) | # max contracts that season (or % over salary cap) | FG %, A/TO ratio, or Rebound differential |
| *Gilliland, Mac | Hookah use on campus | measure of social activities | measure of tobacco/alcohol use |
| *Lightbourn, Robert | U.S. violent crime rate by year | Median household income | % single parent households |
| *McCormick, Brennan | Oil price by week (average) | jobless claims per week | S&P 500 index |
| *McLindon, Jack | Atendance per game for Minor League Baseball | Team's win pct | New stadium dummy |
| *Newbern, Thomas | Alcohol/tobacco expenditures as % income across countries | country's income | unemployment rate |
| *Norris, Javan | Human Development Index | Gini coeff | Democracy measure (Polity IV) |
| *Purcell, Wilson | share of vote going to Democrat in 2000 Presidential election for all counties in NC & NY | per capita income | population density |
| *Rana, Ahmad | Change Win Pct for MLB between 2 seasons | Change in Avg Attendance per game between 2 seasons | Change in RBI between 2 seasons |
| *Roche, John | FIFA soccer ranking points | GDP per capita | Population |
| *Snead, Hannah | Measure of Crime rate by U.S. state | Education level measure | Measure of child abuse/neglect |
| *Strawn, Rosie | Student test scores from PISA dataset | school characteristic | parental characteristic |
| *Streb, Stephen | Obesity rate by country | Big Mac index | Number of McDonald's per capita |
| *Thompson, Devon | Crime rate by U.S. state | employment rate | divorce rate |
| *Watson, John | Winning % for NBA teams | salary inequality | Field goal % |
| *Woodward, Noah | monthly change in closing price of volatility index of (VIX) of S&P 500 stocks for past 48 months | monthly change in U.S. unemployment rate | monthly change in interest rate on 10 year Greek bond |