Statistics            jan - may 2005          Economics 105 & 204

    Regression Analysis Topics 

     

    Student* 

    (* = approved)

    Dependent Variable (Y) Independent Variable (X1) Independent Variable (X2)
    *Anderson Child mortality measure for all available countries Maternal labor force participation GDP per capita
    *Anselmo salary of 50+ MLB players pre & post Michael Lewis' Moneyball On-base % dummy variable = 1 if  post-Moneyball (year 2004)
    *Atkinson income for random sample of Russian male workers  in 2000 private sector dummy variable education
    *Cain Cumulative GPA for random sample of Davidson students Hours of Patterson court participation SAT/ACT score (or percentile from year taken)
    *Clark Voter turnout in 50 U.S. states in 2004 Presidential election % of population with BA degree Median state income
    *Gordon % of each NC county voting Republican in 2000 election % of county employment in manufacturing average county income
    *Hart Per capita GDP for countries measure of democracy Foreign direct investment
    *Haywood Ranking index for top 75 NCAA women's tennis teams number students mean SAT score of school
    *Howard-Smith Winning % of college football teams in 2004 season points per game number of 4 and 5 star recruits
    *Jones Winning % of NBA teams Average age of team Free throw %
    *Knight Winning percentage of MLB teams Salary inequality among the members of each team Team ERA
    *Lohneiss % of eligible persons in a county who are enlisted in U.S. Armed Forces % of county population who are veterans % home ownership (or % minority)
    *Marquardt Winning percentage of NCAA Div I women's basketball teams Assist/Turnover ratio Rebound margin
    *McClure Attendance at MLB baseball games (% of capacity) Winning % Runs scored
    *McCoy Crime rate for 50 U.S. states state unemployment rate chance of punishment by % arrested
    *McCrory Scoring average for top 50+ P.G.A. golfers in 2004 putts per hole Average driving distance
    *McLemore U.S. dollar-British pound exchange rate 90-day forward rate for dollar/pound 90-day U.S. gov't interest rate differential for risk-free debt securities
    *Ogden Birth rate for countries literacy rate internet users per 100 people
    *Orem Student performance (test scores for public schools in U.S.) teacher-student ratio expenditures per student
    *Paddock Income of random sample of U.S. male workers in 2000 education (years) race
    *Patel # times individual farmer has attended agric extension meeting in past year education of head of household Dummy variable for gender
    *Pepper Divorce rate by state % of state pop 26 and older reporting a severe mental illness median state income
    *Price Number of children for married, women (sample from 2000 census) Annual income Age of mother
    *Rangelov Gini coefficient for all countries FDI (standardized by GDP) Corruption
    *Roushdy % of hands won by  50 players in 10-handed Texas holdem poker % hands with 1 ace % hands with pocket pair
    *Shayegan High school graduation rate for 50 U.S. states & D.C. Mean teacher salary % of population > 25 years of age with HS diploma
    *Smith, E. Prices for 50+ vehicle models front-end crash test rating (# *'s) Average highway gas mileage
    *Smith, W. End-of-month Dow Jones Industrial Average federal funds interest rate Goldman Sachs commodity index
    *Tarwasokono, D. % of  law school grads employed 9 months out (top 100) in 2003 School assessment score by lawyers/judges Acceptance rate
    *Tarwasokono, P. Winning percentage of NCAA Div I men's basketball teams defensive field goal % free throw %
    *Wilkie Winning percentage of top 50 men's college soccer teams in 2004 goals allowed per game number of seniors