Statistics            January - May 2006          Economics 105

    Regression Analysis Topics 

     

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    Dependent Variable (Y) Independent Variable (X1) Independent Variable (X2)
    *Boyd GDP per capita Roadways (km) # airports
    *Buckingham Prevalence of AIDS in African countries Literacy rate GDP per capita
    *Buckwold # motorcylces registered by U.S. state/population weather price of gasoline
    *Carlson Salary of relief pitchers in the show ERA K/BB ratio
    *Crawford Change NCAA Div I football win pct (1990 - 2005) Change in mean SAT score at school Change in football measure
    *Damodaran Starting salary for MBA graduates by school Acceptance rate Mean GMAT
    *Dushanova change in unemployment rate from 2003 to 2005 for 50 countries joined EU in 2004 change in inflation
    *Elder Win pct of Div I and II college soccer teams fouls given per game shots taken per gam
    *Eppolito % Births that are low birth-weight by U.S. state % mothers with early prenatal care Teenage birth rate
    *Fynn Index of Liberal arts colleges Tuition Avg SAT score incoming class
    *Greeson U5 mortality rate for developing countries number of health workers per 1,000 persons female literacy rate
    *Gwaltney 2005 PGA Tour earnings GIR % Putting average for GIR
    *Hewgley wage of Hispanic individuals number of years in U.S. number of own family members living in household
    *Ismail Crime rate in Japan 1948 to 2005 unemployment rate % of aliens in population
    *Justus Crime rate by state % of households headed by women Income inequality (measured by Gini coefficient)
    *Kinsell CEO compensation in 2005 6-year company performance relative to market market capitalization
    *Maddox Military spending by country GDP Population
    *Manire Divorce rate by U.S. state median income by U.S. state mean children per family by U.S. state
    *Martin Obesity (measured by BMI) among 13 to 17 year olds household income gender
    *McClure Win Pct of NHL teams '02-'04 goal differential team salary
    *Moore Terrorism measure GDP per cap Political rights index
    *Niemiec Number of births to teenage mothers by U.S. state median income number of public high school graduates
    *Paredes MSRP (base price in 2005 dollars) for 50 random luxury cars horsepower braking distance
    *Patrick Total employment in U.S. by quarter Employment cost index Industrial production index
    *Rosenstein BMI of obese adults (over age 21) education income
    *Sandel 2006 salary of NHL goalies 2003-04 save % years in league
    *Shenk Attendance in MLB by year (as % of capacity) avg HRs per game avg real price per ticket
    *Shestak Draft rank for DBs 40 yd dash time height
    *Spasova Number of immigrants (into U.S.) by country GDP per cap of native country as % of U.S. GDP per cap asylum cases grants as % of cases filed
    *Tellis International reserves GDP growth interest rate differential from U.S. rate
    *van Wagenberg Racial index of dissimilarity for U.S. cities % of pop > 25 years old with bachelor's degree median household income
    *Waddell Major GPA SAT score hours studied