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Statistics Aug - Dec 2012
Economics 105
Regression Analysis Topics (Deadline for approval is 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 11th)
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Student* (* = approved) |
Dependent Variable (Y) | Independent Variable (X1) | Independent Variable (X2) |
| *Abernethy, Tom | OPS in a given year for 50 MLB players | Contract dummy | average prior 3 years OPS |
| *Alani, Kassim | Fertility rate by country | Infant mortality rate | Female literacy rate |
| *Allen, Trevor | HDI | expenditures per student | GNI per capita |
| Beaudreau, Braden | Team Wins Above Replacement | ? | |
| Bednarek, Bryant | |||
| *Boll, Chelsey | crime rate (robbery/murder) by U.S. state (maybe in changes) | measure of strictness of gun control laws (maybe in changes) | demographics/economic conditions/police per capita/etc. |
| Collins, Patrick | |||
| *Corcoran, Ethan | Science & Engineering Readiness index | state funding for public education (per capita) | number of teachers per capita |
| *Crespo Ortega, Camila | Human Development Index | education spending per capita | FDI |
| *Del Giudice, Sal | ACT score by Ohio high school districts | Total spending (state + local) per student | Teacher experience |
| *Dionise, Zach | damage caused by hurricanes | max sustained windspeed | measure of "presence of damagable material" at landfall location |
| *Edgerton, John Paul | Number of days sick in last month (BRFSS data) | measure of alcohol use | age or measure of exercise |
| *Engle, Liz | Freedom House index measure by country | libraries per capita | GDP per capita |
| *Ferguson, Cy | Obesity rates by U.S. state | internet usage measure | income measure |
| *Figgie, Caroline | change in suicide rate by state | change in unemployment rate by state | change in income/poverty |
| *Gorman, Chris | Net exports to China (or other countries) | exchange rate | U.S. labor productivity |
| *Grantham, Hagood | income for sample of individuals from BRFSS data | measure of alcohol consumption | education level |
| *Happell, Brian | Poverty rates by U.S. state for 2009 | measure of education | % urban |
| *Harris, Cameron | % vote for Romney by NC county | % white | Median household income |
| *Heath, Claudia | income from NLSY dataset | number of siblings | education |
| *Henry, Max | Formula one points (normalized) | Car make/constructor | age |
| *Herder, Madeline | avg SAT or % attending college | % of students enrolled in arts courses per district by CA school district | % of students taking an AP |
| *Jacobi, Elizabeth | change in number of applications 2010-2000 (maybe out-of-state) | measure of football success (bowl wins + BCS wins + conference titles) | change in US News ranking |
| *Jeffrey, Scott | MVP voting (% of total first place votes) | team made playoffs dummy | standardized WAR |
| *Kades, Jennifer | measure of happiness on 1- 10 scale (from survey of Davidson College students) | measure of times a student goes out socially | GPA |
| *Kalinoski, Tyler | win % of home games for 50 Div I basketball teams | average attendance at home games | FG % |
| *Keator, Jake | 5-year performance of 50 randomly chosen mutual funds | Manager tenure | Fee rates |
| *Kim, Min-Seung | market share of smartphone OS by country | number of Apple stores per capita | market share of Apple's OS for Mac |
| *Lee, Gi | Average reported starting salary by Top 50 liberal arts college | US News ranking | measure of diversity |
| *Lin, Xiaoyun | % of seats held by women in national parliaments | share of women employed in non-agricultural sector | ratio of female to males in secondary enrollment |
| *Lindroth, Alex | % vote for Romney by U.S. state | unemployment rate (or change in unemployment rate) | Wal-Marts per capita |
| *Malden, Ryan | Change in Win pct of EPL & Serie A (La Liga) teams | Change in salary | Change in SOG |
| *Maurer, Drew | smoking rates by U.S. state | heavy drinking rate by state | median income by state |
| *Morandi, Thomas | Attendance by concert date for U2 tour | price per ticket | income per capita in city |
| Moulton, Ryan | |||
| *Olson, Russell | Win % for European soccer clubs | Avg salary per player | Goal differential |
| *Parker, Cam | Housing prices in Boston area for 155 districts | Measure of school quality | Distance from Boston city center |
| *Patrick, Scott | Number of NCAA wrestling All-Americansby school | academic ranking of the school | student body size |
| Perry, Spencer | measure of health by city | health care consumption per capita | income per capita |
| *Pilkenton, Nathan | Commute times for sample from IPUMS | measure of income | measure of location/family size/education |
| *Reitten, Daniel | Educational expenditures by 47 Japanese prefectures | Prefectural income | number of people who attend college |
| Renzi, Alex | |||
| *Samborski, Tasha | Prevalence of HIV among women aged 15 - 24 by African countries | Education rate of females | employment rate of women |
| *Sanchez, Brian | Winning % of NFL teams | Quarterback salary | average passing yards |
| *Schauder, Stephanie | measure of well-being by U.S. city | % of workers commuting via bicycle | crime rate |
| *Schönheit, David | Under-5 mortality rate by country | % of females 25 yrs & older with secondary education | % arable land (of total land) |
| *Schreiner, Sydney | Income for sample of individuals in BRFSS | measure of exercise | education |
| *Schryber, Jack | Penalties for 50 games of professional sport | Black jersey dummy | average age of players/games into the season? |
| *Seaverns, Zack | Quantity of electricity consumed by U.S. state (MWh) | Price (cents/kWh) | renewable quantity |
| *Trinetti, Chris | Change in median house price by Ohio school district, pre-post recession | Change in quality of school system | Change racial make-up |
| *Walden, Megan | Change in number of foster kids by county | Change in Title IV E funding by county | Change in county unemployment rate |
| Wang, Tony | |||
| *Wang, Yuxi | Sales at Summit Coffee by day | Day of the week | X2 |
| *Whitney, Dan | Attendance at Minor League baseball games | winning % | aveage ticket price |
| *Wold, Karl | voting outcome by state | campaign visits | campaign spending |
| *Wong, Dennis | electricity use | average temperature | population density |