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    Statistics            Jan - May 2010          Economics 105
    Regression Analysis Topics  (Deadline for approval is 4 p.m., Friday,April 2nd)

     

    Student* 

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    Dependent Variable (Y) Independent Variable (X1) Independent Variable (X2)
    *Zimmerman PGA Tour earnings in 2009 GIR Driving distance
    *Welchman Finishing position of european football club team salary yellow cards
    *Taylor Murder rate by U.S. state in 2007 Death penalty dummy Poverty rate
    *Shevock Mortality rate by U.S. state Doctors per capita income
    *Schwartz % of state population that smokes (U.S. states) cigarette excise tax % graduating from high school
    *Sargent U.S. consumption of gasoline, U.S. states Automobile registrations Obesity rate by state
    Ross Salary 5 years after HS Years of foreign lang study experience/educ/teen hours worked
    *Peitz NYSE composite index daily return cloud cover in NYC FTSE All-World index daily return
    *Overcash MLB attendance (avg per game by team) city population new stadium dummy/age dummies
    *Muller Measure of health (BRFSS data) income education
    *Morgan Weekday boardings at Denver light rail station pop density avg household income
    *Mayo Price of one-night hotel stay (Holiday Inn) Distance from CBD median city income or other measure
    *Martin Lottery ticket sales per capita by state Median household income Education*
    *Marshall Home runs in 2009 Avg home runs per game before 2009 Contract year dummy (1 = yes)
    *Luscombe U.S. Crime rate, 1959 - 2009 Welfare spending (as % GDP) Employment to pop ratio
    *Lunsford NFL attendance Avg ticket price Playoff dummy
    *Kondray Obesity measure for an individual Alcohol consumption Smoking measure
    *Justus Winning % for MLB (or NFL?) teams 2001 & 2002 salary inequality OPS
    *Hedley Meat consumption per capita by country GDP per capita Agricultural output
    *Frankel violent crime rate (incidents per 100,000 people) Eco 205 data possibly shall-carry law average income
    *Evans Body Mass Inex employment measure health insurance dummy
    *English % democratic vote in 2008 presidential election by state relative campaign spending per capita by candidate X education level by state
    *Droll % of income spent on eating out for a sample of households from Consumer Expenditure Survey household income occupation/employment status of adult members of the household
    *Chikowski Salary ten years after NBA draft Draft order NBA productivity
    *Bust Motor vehicle fatalities by U.S. state # of vehicles education level
    *Boulding Religiosity at state level median income educational attainment
    *Berman MLB players salary OBP another measure
    *Antieri Age at first marriage for females (GSS data) years of education rural/urban dummy
    *Alani Fertility rate for all countries (with data) Infant mortality rate Female adult literacy rate