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Statistics
Jan - May 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) |
| *Adabayeri, Lionel | GDP growth for last 50 quarters | discount rate | average stock price |
| *Avinger, Paul | Voter participation rate by U.S. state in 2008 election | Unemployment rate | Rate of religious adherence per 1000 people |
| Bajaj, Myki | |||
| *Bernert, Avery | Divorce rates by U.S. state | Teenage pregnancy rate | Avg Household income |
| *Blasey, Ralph | PGA tour player earnings | Driving accuracy | Greens-in-regulation % |
| *Bourgeois, Kristen | unemployment rate for 50 states | corporate income tax rate by state | unemployment benefits measure |
| *Burke, Emily | Candidate choice in 2008 Presidential election (dummy variable) | Racial resentment measure | Party identification (1-7 scale) |
| *Charles, Justin | MLB attendance by team (2010-2011) | Win Pct | Team defensive efficiency or Team balls put into play |
| *Christ, Allie | Life expectancy at birth | % under-age-5 children underweight | Physician density (per 1000 persons) |
| *Clune, Matt | Home sales by year | mortgage interest rate | consumer sentiment measure/gas price |
| *Dugan, Andrew | PGA tour player earnings | Driving distance | Strokes gained putting |
| *Esposito, Joey | Price of sedans (MSRP) | fuel economy | horsepower |
| *Givens, Alex | Points earned by EPL teams in home games | attendance | # of infractions per game |
| Gordon, Chelsea | Avg SAT score by state | Funding for education by state | % population in rural areas |
| *Lockhart, Brad | Number of car accidents | Manual vs. automatic transmission | miles driven or demographic control variable |
| Lockwood, Pearce | |||
| *Maher, Colleen | BMI from (Health Behavior in School-Aged Children 2001-02, ICPSR dataset #4372) | hours of TV watched on weekdays | eat breakfast on weekdays (dummy) |
| *Moniz Soares, Bri | Undernourishment rates by country | Income (GNI per cap) | FDI inflows |
| *Mooney, Danny | MLB pitcher salary | Wins | (Walks + Hits)/Innings pitched ..WHIP |
| Murray, Ben | |||
| *Mwangi, Kuria | Teen automobile death rates (per 1000 teens) by 50 states | measure of quality of public transport (or alternatively avg snowfall per year) | driver's ed requirement (dummy) or legal driving age |
| *Nielsen, Genevieve | Average growth GDP per capita, 1999-2009 by country | Female labor force participation rate | FDI |
| *Pettiglio, Chris | suicide rate by state in 2009 | unemployment rate in 2008 | income in 2008 |
| *Polak, Tom | sales of electric cars | price of oil | measure of % of people who care about the environment (Earth Day attendance or survey measure) |
| *Ream, Paul | econ growth in MSA for 100 MSA's | American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds received | education (% of pop with bachelor's degree or above) |
| *Ryger-Wasserman, Carlin | Attendance at religious services | Education | measure of intellectualism |
| *Shanor, Nathan | Juvenile crime rate by U.S. state | % single-parent households | poverty rate |
| *Swany, Lauren | violent crime rate by U.S. state, 2008 | HS graduation % | capital punishment dummy |
| *Thompson, Jake | new vehicle sales by month 2002 - 2010 | mean gas price | unemployment rate |
| *Tompkins, Chris | Monthly return on NASDAQ | Avg temperature (Jan and August) | unemployment rate |
| *Yan, Richard | unemployment rate over time | federal funds interest rate | gas prices |
| Yearwood, Taylor |