stats 260 final – Casselman Exam
Questions and Answers
Y is also known as? - ANSWER✔✔-the responsible variable
X is also known as? - ANSWER✔✔-the explanatory variable
what are the 3 properties of the "least squares" regression? - ANSWER✔✔-1) always sums to 0
2) the "least squares" line produces smaller "sum of squared residuals" than any other straight line can
3) the line always passes through point (X bar, Y bar)
for the P value, if it's greater than .05, is it useful? - ANSWER✔✔-no
what does (Yi-Y ̂)^2 =??? - ANSWER✔✔-SSE
what does (Yi-Y ̅)^2=??? - ANSWER✔✔-SST
what does the F test do? - ANSWER✔✔-testing significance of entire regression
what does the T test do? - ANSWER✔✔-testing significance of one variable
SST=???? - ANSWER✔✔-SSE+SSR
F=???? - ANSWER✔✔-MSR/MSE
sample correlation coefficient forumla?? - ANSWER✔✔-(sign of b1)√r^2
r^2=???? - ANSWER✔✔-SSR/SST
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