Multiple Regression sample exercises

For each of the following problems, you are given some independent X variables and a dependent Y variable. Paste the data into Excel or another statistics program, and perform a multiple regression calculation with the given variables. The answers follow the data.

1.

   .        X1       X2       X3       X4       Y1
  1:        88        1       25        1      720
  2:        74       57       48        3     1522
  3:        18       21       80        6       -5
  4:        65       53       76       11     1152
  5:         6       87       31       11     1602
  6:        68       84      100        4     1589
  7:        66       32       97        6      559
  8:         1       15       99       13     -426
  9:        69       61       28        6     1721
 10:         2       93       25        2     1703
 11:        54       33        1        3     1218
 12:        71        3       28        5      578
 13:        31       59       24        0     1315
 14:        22       89       98        7     1254
 15:         6       47       54        4      597


r squared:   1.0000
Standard error: ....

 Coefficient   1           X1      10.0000
                   t statistic:        ...
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   2           X2      20.0000
                   t statistic:        ...
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   3           X3      -8.0000
                   t statistic:        ...
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   4           X4       3.0000
                   t statistic:        ...
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   5     Constant      17.0000
                   t statistic:        ...
                   Standard err:    0.0000


There is a perfect fit in this case. The standard errors are zero and the t statistics are infinite.

2.

  .         X1       X2       X3       Y1
  1:        88        1       25      720
  2:        74       57       48     1522
  3:        18       21       80       -5
  4:        65       53       76     1152
  5:         6       87       31     1602
  6:        68       84      100     1589
  7:        66       32       97      559
  8:         1       15       99     -426
  9:        69       61       28     1721
 10:         2       93       25     1703
 11:        54       33        1     1218
 12:        71        3       28      578
 13:        31       59       24     1315
 14:        22       89       98     1254
 15:         6       47       54      597


r squared:   0.9998
Standard error: 1.0497969445E+01

 Coefficient   1           X1       9.8952
                   t statistic:   103.1190
                   Standard err:    0.0960

 Coefficient   2           X2      19.9569
                   t statistic:   207.9134
                   Standard err:    0.0960

 Coefficient   3           X3      -7.8432
                   t statistic:   -94.8108
                   Standard err:    0.0827

 Coefficient   4     Constant      31.4800
                   t statistic:     3.4851
                   Standard err:    9.0328
F statistic:17800.4965   3,  11 degrees of freedom
Same as problem 1, except variable X4 has been left out. There still is a very good fit.

3.


  .         X1       X3       X4       Y1
  1:        88       25        1      720
  2:        74       48        3     1522
  3:        18       80        6       -5
  4:        65       76       11     1152
  5:         6       31       11     1602
  6:        68      100        4     1589
  7:        66       97        6      559
  8:         1       99       13     -426
  9:        69       28        6     1721
 10:         2       25        2     1703
 11:        54        1        3     1218
 12:        71       28        5      578
 13:        31       24        0     1315
 14:        22       98        7     1254
 15:         6       54        4      597


r squared:   0.2018
Standard error: 6.5355988994E+02

 Coefficient   1           X1       2.7627
                   t statistic:     0.4683
                   Standard err:    5.8988

 Coefficient   2           X3      -6.1229
                   t statistic:    -1.0369
                   Standard err:    5.9048

 Coefficient   3           X4     -22.0526
                   t statistic:    -0.3952
                   Standard err:   55.8036

 Coefficient   4     Constant    1341.3670
                   t statistic:     2.7929
                   Standard err:  480.2700
F statistic:   0.9270   3,  11 degrees of freedom
Same as problem 1, except variable X2 is left out. The fit is much worse.

4.

  .         X2       X3       X4       Y1
  1:         1       25        1      720
  2:        57       48        3     1522
  3:        21       80        6       -5
  4:        53       76       11     1152
  5:        87       31       11     1602
  6:        84      100        4     1589
  7:        32       97        6      559
  8:        15       99       13     -426
  9:        61       28        6     1721
 10:        93       25        2     1703
 11:        33        1        3     1218
 12:         3       28        5      578
 13:        59       24        0     1315
 14:        89       98        7     1254
 15:        47       54        4      597


r squared:   0.8166
Standard error: 3.1330833087E+02


 Coefficient   1           X2      16.6736
                   t statistic:     6.1498
                   Standard err:    2.7113

 Coefficient   2           X3      -7.3966
                   t statistic:    -2.6064
                   Standard err:    2.8379

 Coefficient   3           X4     -25.0014
                   t statistic:    -0.9750
                   Standard err:   25.6413

 Coefficient   4     Constant     727.6567
                   t statistic:     3.4793
                   Standard err:  209.1405
F statistic:  16.3222   3,  11 degrees of freedom
Same as problem 1, except without X1.

5.


  .         X1       X2       Y1
  1:        88        1      720
  2:        74       57     1522
  3:        18       21       -5
  4:        65       53     1152
  5:         6       87     1602
  6:        68       84     1589
  7:        66       32      559
  8:         1       15     -426
  9:        69       61     1721
 10:         2       93     1703
 11:        54       33     1218
 12:        71        3      578
 13:        31       59     1315
 14:        22       89     1254
 15:         6       47      597


r squared:   0.8315
Standard error: 2.8750017921E+02


 Coefficient   1           X1      10.9014
                   t statistic:     4.1739
                   Standard err:    2.6118

 Coefficient   2           X2      19.6518
                   t statistic:     7.4800
                   Standard err:    2.6272

 Coefficient   3     Constant    -422.1920
                   t statistic:    -2.0122
                   Standard err:  209.8144
F statistic:  29.6080   2,  12 degrees of freedom

6.


  .         X1       X4       Y1
  1:        88        1      720
  2:        74        3     1522
  3:        18        6       -5
  4:        65       11     1152
  5:         6       11     1602
  6:        68        4     1589
  7:        66        6      559
  8:         1       13     -426
  9:        69        6     1721
 10:         2        2     1703
 11:        54        3     1218
 12:        71        5      578
 13:        31        0     1315
 14:        22        7     1254
 15:         6        4      597


r squared:   0.1238
Standard error: 6.5560542681E+02

 Coefficient   1           X1       2.5604
                   t statistic:     0.4329
                   Standard err:    5.9141

 Coefficient   2           X4     -50.4097
                   t statistic:    -1.0331
                   Standard err:   48.7957

 Coefficient   3     Constant    1172.7597
                   t statistic:     2.5870
                   Standard err:  453.3214
F statistic:   0.8476   2,  12 degrees of freedom
Problems 1 to 6 illustrate what can happen when independent variables are left out of a regression calculation. The true relationship between X1, X2, X3, X4, and Y1 is given in problem 1. In problems 2 to 6, at least one independent variable is left out. In some cases the omitted variable does not seriously affect the results, but in other cases the omitted variable causes the coefficient estimates to be far off their true value.

7.

            X1        Y
  1:         5     -152
  2:        39     1768
  3:        36     -342
  4:        47      878
  5:        53      248
  6:        99     -272
  7:        67     1068
  8:        90      148
  9:       100     -382
 10:        48     -302
 11:        74      528
 12:        43      758
 13:        32     -132
 14:        86      728
 15:        36      538
 16:         8     1358
 17:        47      118
 18:        96      368
 19:        67     1578
 20:        78      -52

r squared:   0.0366
Standard error: 6.6160524348E+02


 Coefficient   1           X1      -4.4062
                   t statistic:    -0.8269
                   Standard err:    5.3284

 Coefficient   2     Constant     676.0743
                   t statistic:     1.9857
                   Standard err:  340.4720
F statistic:   0.6838   1,  18 degrees of freedom

8.


   .        X2        Y
  1:         7     -152
  2:        39     1768
  3:         5     -342
  4:        32      878
  5:        17      248
  6:         8     -272
  7:        22     1068
  8:        11      148
  9:         4     -382
 10:         7     -302
 11:        18      528
 12:        25      758
 13:        12     -132
 14:        15      728
 15:        22      538
 16:        34     1358
 17:         5      118
 18:        22      368
 19:        33     1578
 20:         3      -52

r squared:   0.8652
Standard error: 2.4745819242E+02


 Coefficient   1           X2      54.3787
                   t statistic:    10.7496
                   Standard err:    5.0587

 Coefficient   2     Constant    -504.6568
                   t statistic:    -4.9247
                   Standard err:  102.4737
F statistic: 115.5547   1,  18 degrees of freedom

9.

   .        X3        Y
  1:        52     -152
  2:        20     1768
  3:        61     -342
  4:        74      878
  5:        62      248
  6:        69     -272
  7:         5     1068
  8:        42      148
  9:        60     -382
 10:        67     -302
 11:        39      528
 12:        51      758
 13:        75     -132
 14:         4      728
 15:        58      538
 16:        36     1358
 17:        15      118
 18:        75      368
 19:         9     1578
 20:        22      -52

r squared:   0.2977
Standard error: 5.6486544952E+02
D-W:         2.5574

 Coefficient   1           X3     -14.5631
                   t statistic:    -2.7625
                   Standard err:    5.2717

 Coefficient   2     Constant    1074.9274
                   t statistic:     4.0135
                   Standard err:  267.8266
F statistic:   7.6314   1,  18 degrees of freedom

10.


   .        X4        Y
  1:         8     -152
  2:        42     1768
  3:        44     -342
  4:        37      878
  5:        19      248
  6:        13     -272
  7:        33     1068
  8:         8      148
  9:        25     -382
 10:         9     -302
 11:         8      528
 12:        30      758
 13:        34     -132
 14:        18      728
 15:         2      538
 16:         5     1358
 17:        25      118
 18:        35      368
 19:        40     1578
 20:        36      -52

r squared:   0.0467
Standard error: 6.5811943916E+02


 Coefficient   1           X4      10.2332
                   t statistic:     0.9393
                   Standard err:   10.8948

 Coefficient   2     Constant     181.5077
                   t statistic:     0.6137
                   Standard err:  295.7803
F statistic:   0.8822   1,  18 degrees of freedom

11.


   .        X1       X2        Y
  1:         5        7     -152
  2:        39       39     1768
  3:        36        5     -342
  4:        47       32      878
  5:        53       17      248
  6:        99        8     -272
  7:        67       22     1068
  8:        90       11      148
  9:       100        4     -382
 10:        48        7     -302
 11:        74       18      528
 12:        43       25      758
 13:        32       12     -132
 14:        86       15      728
 15:        36       22      538
 16:         8       34     1358
 17:        47        5      118
 18:        96       22      368
 19:        67       33     1578
 20:        78        3      -52

r squared:   0.8676
Standard error: 2.5241212684E+02


 Coefficient   1           X1       1.1526
                   t statistic:     0.5481
                   Standard err:    2.1029

 Coefficient   2           X2      55.1274
                   t statistic:    10.3279
                   Standard err:    5.3377

 Coefficient   3     Constant    -583.7523
                   t statistic:    -3.2760
                   Standard err:  178.1923
F statistic:  55.6819   2,  17 degrees of freedom

12.

   .        X1       X3        Y
  1:         5       52     -152
  2:        39       20     1768
  3:        36       61     -342
  4:        47       74      878
  5:        53       62      248
  6:        99       69     -272
  7:        67        5     1068
  8:        90       42      148
  9:       100       60     -382
 10:        48       67     -302
 11:        74       39      528
 12:        43       51      758
 13:        32       75     -132
 14:        86        4      728
 15:        36       58      538
 16:         8       36     1358
 17:        47       15      118
 18:        96       75      368
 19:        67        9     1578
 20:        78       22      -52

r squared:   0.3516
Standard error: 5.5849940111E+02
D-W:         2.7405

 Coefficient   1           X1      -5.3608
                   t statistic:    -1.1886
                   Standard err:    4.5103

 Coefficient   2           X3     -15.0206
                   t statistic:    -2.8739
                   Standard err:    5.2265

 Coefficient   3     Constant    1403.9349
                   t statistic:     3.6649
                   Standard err:  383.0766
F statistic:   4.6095   2,  17 degrees of freedom

13.

   .        X1       X4        Y
  1:         5        8     -152
  2:        39       42     1768
  3:        36       44     -342
  4:        47       37      878
  5:        53       19      248
  6:        99       13     -272
  7:        67       33     1068
  8:        90        8      148
  9:       100       25     -382
 10:        48        9     -302
 11:        74        8      528
 12:        43       30      758
 13:        32       34     -132
 14:        86       18      728
 15:        36        2      538
 16:         8        5     1358
 17:        47       25      118
 18:        96       35      368
 19:        67       40     1578
 20:        78       36      -52
*:MR X1,X4,Y
r squared:   0.0919
Standard error: 6.6095574632E+02


 Coefficient   1           X1      -4.9175
                   t statistic:    -0.9197
                   Standard err:    5.3469

 Coefficient   2           X4      11.1832
                   t statistic:     1.0175
                   Standard err:   10.9904

 Coefficient   3     Constant     442.1377
                   t statistic:     1.0769
                   Standard err:  410.5476
F statistic:   0.8603   2,  17 degrees of freedom

14.


   .        X2       X3        Y
  1:         7       52     -152
  2:        39       20     1768
  3:         5       61     -342
  4:        32       74      878
  5:        17       62      248
  6:         8       69     -272
  7:        22        5     1068
  8:        11       42      148
  9:         4       60     -382
 10:         7       67     -302
 11:        18       39      528
 12:        25       51      758
 13:        12       75     -132
 14:        15        4      728
 15:        22       58      538
 16:        34       36     1358
 17:         5       15      118
 18:        22       75      368
 19:        33        9     1578
 20:         3       22      -52

r squared:   1.0000
Standard error: 8.4772325116E-09


 Coefficient   1           X2      50.0000
                   t statistic:  282700885650.0000
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   2           X3     -10.0000
                   t statistic:  -123846573050.0000
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   3     Constant      18.0000
                   t statistic:  3279052617.3000
                   Standard err:    0.0000
F statistic:   0.0000   2,  17 degrees of freedom

15.


   .        X2       X4        Y
  1:         7        8     -152
  2:        39       42     1768
  3:         5       44     -342
  4:        32       37      878
  5:        17       19      248
  6:         8       13     -272
  7:        22       33     1068
  8:        11        8      148
  9:         4       25     -382
 10:         7        9     -302
 11:        18        8      528
 12:        25       30      758
 13:        12       34     -132
 14:        15       18      728
 15:        22        2      538
 16:        34        5     1358
 17:         5       25      118
 18:        22       35      368
 19:        33       40     1578
 20:         3       36      -52
*:MR X2,X4,Y
r squared:   0.8664
Standard error: 2.5353139435E+02


 Coefficient   1           X2      53.9793
                   t statistic:    10.2122
                   Standard err:    5.2858

 Coefficient   2           X4       1.6466
                   t statistic:     0.3847
                   Standard err:    4.2805

 Coefficient   3     Constant    -536.6235
                   t statistic:    -4.0077
                   Standard err:  133.8977
F statistic:  55.1164   2,  17 degrees of freedom

16.

   .        X3       X4        Y
  1:        52        8     -152
  2:        20       42     1768
  3:        61       44     -342
  4:        74       37      878
  5:        62       19      248
  6:        69       13     -272
  7:         5       33     1068
  8:        42        8      148
  9:        60       25     -382
 10:        67        9     -302
 11:        39        8      528
 12:        51       30      758
 13:        75       34     -132
 14:         4       18      728
 15:        58        2      538
 16:        36        5     1358
 17:        15       25      118
 18:        75       35      368
 19:         9       40     1578
 20:        22       36      -52

r squared:   0.3194
Standard error: 5.7219800395E+02
D-W:         2.5558

 Coefficient   1           X3     -14.0538
                   t statistic:    -2.6099
                   Standard err:    5.3848

 Coefficient   2           X4       7.0296
                   t statistic:     0.7360
                   Standard err:    9.5517

 Coefficient   3     Constant     886.5653
                   t statistic:     2.3770
                   Standard err:  372.9779
F statistic:   3.9894   2,  17 degrees of freedom

17.

   .        X1       X2       X3        Y
  1:         5        7       52     -152
  2:        39       39       20     1768
  3:        36        5       61     -342
  4:        47       32       74      878
  5:        53       17       62      248
  6:        99        8       69     -272
  7:        67       22        5     1068
  8:        90       11       42      148
  9:       100        4       60     -382
 10:        48        7       67     -302
 11:        74       18       39      528
 12:        43       25       51      758
 13:        32       12       75     -132
 14:        86       15        4      728
 15:        36       22       58      538
 16:         8       34       36     1358
 17:        47        5       15      118
 18:        96       22       75      368
 19:        67       33        9     1578
 20:        78        3       22      -52

r squared:   1.0000
Standard error: 1.3170439975E-08


 Coefficient   1           X1      -0.0000
                   t statistic:    -0.6327
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   2           X2      50.0000
                   t statistic:  174842452260.0000
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   3           X3     -10.0000
                   t statistic:  -79019521150.0000
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   4     Constant      18.0000
                   t statistic:  1497711452.4000
                   Standard err:    0.0000
F statistic:   0.0000   3,  16 degrees of freedom

18.

   .        X1       X2       X4        Y
  1:         5        7        8     -152
  2:        39       39       42     1768
  3:        36        5       44     -342
  4:        47       32       37      878
  5:        53       17       19      248
  6:        99        8       13     -272
  7:        67       22       33     1068
  8:        90       11        8      148
  9:       100        4       25     -382
 10:        48        7        9     -302
 11:        74       18        8      528
 12:        43       25       30      758
 13:        32       12       34     -132
 14:        86       15       18      728
 15:        36       22        2      538
 16:         8       34        5     1358
 17:        47        5       25      118
 18:        96       22       35      368
 19:        67       33       40     1578
 20:        78        3       36      -52

****************************************

19.


   .        X1       X3       X4        Y
  1:         5       52        8     -152
  2:        39       20       42     1768
  3:        36       61       44     -342
  4:        47       74       37      878
  5:        53       62       19      248
  6:        99       69       13     -272
  7:        67        5       33     1068
  8:        90       42        8      148
  9:       100       60       25     -382
 10:        48       67        9     -302
 11:        74       39        8      528
 12:        43       51       30      758
 13:        32       75       34     -132
 14:        86        4       18      728
 15:        36       58        2      538
 16:         8       36        5     1358
 17:        47       15       25      118
 18:        96       75       35      368
 19:        67        9       40     1578
 20:        78       22       36      -52

r squared:   0.3797
Standard error: 5.6306381919E+02


 Coefficient   1           X1      -5.6930
                   t statistic:    -1.2474
                   Standard err:    4.5638

 Coefficient   2           X3     -14.4668
                   t statistic:    -2.7249
                   Standard err:    5.3092

 Coefficient   3           X4       8.0353
                   t statistic:     0.8518
                   Standard err:    9.4337

 Coefficient   4     Constant    1209.0138
                   t statistic:     2.6932
                   Standard err:  448.9164
F statistic:   3.2652   3,  16 degrees of freedom

20.

   .        X2       X3       X4        Y
  1:         7       52        8     -152
  2:        39       20       42     1768
  3:         5       61       44     -342
  4:        32       74       37      878
  5:        17       62       19      248
  6:         8       69       13     -272
  7:        22        5       33     1068
  8:        11       42        8      148
  9:         4       60       25     -382
 10:         7       67        9     -302
 11:        18       39        8      528
 12:        25       51       30      758
 13:        12       75       34     -132
 14:        15        4       18      728
 15:        22       58        2      538
 16:        34       36        5     1358
 17:         5       15       25      118
 18:        22       75       35      368
 19:        33        9       40     1578
 20:         3       22       36      -52

r squared:   1.0000
Standard error: 8.0814896769E-09


 Coefficient   1           X2      50.0000
                   t statistic:  291930436510.0000
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   2           X3     -10.0000
                   t statistic:  -129349508580.0000
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   3           X4       0.0000
                   t statistic:     0.8296
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   4     Constant      18.0000
                   t statistic:  2975240473.2000
                   Standard err:    0.0000
F statistic:   0.0000   3,  16 degrees of freedom

21.


   .        X1       X2       X3       X4        Y
  1:         5        7       52        8     -152
  2:        39       39       20       42     1768
  3:        36        5       61       44     -342
  4:        47       32       74       37      878
  5:        53       17       62       19      248
  6:        99        8       69       13     -272
  7:        67       22        5       33     1068
  8:        90       11       42        8      148
  9:       100        4       60       25     -382
 10:        48        7       67        9     -302
 11:        74       18       39        8      528
 12:        43       25       51       30      758
 13:        32       12       75       34     -132
 14:        86       15        4       18      728
 15:        36       22       58        2      538
 16:         8       34       36        5     1358
 17:        47        5       15       25      118
 18:        96       22       75       35      368
 19:        67       33        9       40     1578
 20:        78        3       22       36      -52

r squared:   1.0000
Standard error: 1.0137673670E-08


 Coefficient   1           X1      -0.0000
                   t statistic:    -0.7027
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   2           X2      50.0000
                   t statistic:  222166874780.0000
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   3           X3     -10.0000
                   t statistic:  -102374752610.0000
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   4           X4      -0.0000
                   t statistic:    -0.4268
                   Standard err:    0.0000

 Coefficient   5     Constant      18.0000
                   t statistic:  1855905377.9000
                   Standard err:    0.0000
F statistic:   0.0000   4,  15 degrees of freedom
Problems 7 to 21 use the same values for the dependent variable Y and the same set of independent variables X1, X2, X3, and X4. Problem 14 illustrates that you can achieve a perfect fit with independent variables X2 and X3. Problem 21 illustrates that the other coefficients will have estimated coefficients of zero if X2 and X3 are included. The other problems indicate what can happen when different combinations of independent variables are used.

22.

   .        X1       X2       X3        Y
  1:        99      120       35     8708
  2:        56       49       31     6355
  3:        31       90      106     5970
  4:        54       54       47     5354
  5:        36        3      115     5557
  6:        60      100      104     7272
  7:         6       42      115     7262
  8:         0       87       76     8623
  9:        69      105      108     8207
 10:        47       84       82     4500
 11:        32      120        7     6220
 12:        43      108       17     7642
 13:        21      135       86     3875
 14:        82      123      107     8335
 15:        38      127       66    10009
 16:        42       40       59     4216
 17:        76      146       16     8980
 18:        66      137      116     6325
 19:        19       95       90     7843
 20:        61       32       24     4314

r squared:   0.2372
Standard error: 1.6964385518E+03


 Coefficient   1           X1       4.0427
                   t statistic:     0.2473
                   Standard err:   16.3472

 Coefficient   2           X2      20.7441
                   t statistic:     2.0694
                   Standard err:   10.0241

 Coefficient   3           X3       1.9095
                   t statistic:     0.1820
                   Standard err:   10.4920

 Coefficient   4     Constant    4590.5502
                   t statistic:     3.2588
                   Standard err: 1408.6680
F statistic:   1.6580   3,  16 degrees of freedom

23.

            X1       X2       X4        Y
  1:        99      120       74     8708
  2:        56       49       22     6355
  3:        31       90       71     5970
  4:        54       54       68     5354
  5:        36        3       49     5557
  6:        60      100       46     7272
  7:         6       42        3     7262
  8:         0       87       79     8623
  9:        69      105       34     8207
 10:        47       84       50     4500
 11:        32      120        1     6220
 12:        43      108       45     7642
 13:        21      135       17     3875
 14:        82      123       63     8335
 15:        38      127       71    10009
 16:        42       40       27     4216
 17:        76      146       25     8980
 18:        66      137       24     6325
 19:        19       95       32     7843
 20:        61       32       63     4314

r squared:   0.3036
Standard error: 1.6208913125E+03


 Coefficient   1           X1      -1.1288
                   t statistic:    -0.0718
                   Standard err:   15.7172

 Coefficient   2           X2      22.1208
                   t statistic:     2.2942
                   Standard err:    9.6421

 Coefficient   3           X4      19.9152
                   t statistic:     1.2500
                   Standard err:   15.9321

 Coefficient   4     Constant    3983.3948
                   t statistic:     3.3357
                   Standard err: 1194.1876
F statistic:   2.3249   3,  16 degrees of freedom

24.

   .        X1       X3       X4        Y
  1:        99       35       74     8708
  2:        56       31       22     6355
  3:        31      106       71     5970
  4:        54       47       68     5354
  5:        36      115       49     5557
  6:        60      104       46     7272
  7:         6      115        3     7262
  8:         0       76       79     8623
  9:        69      108       34     8207
 10:        47       82       50     4500
 11:        32        7        1     6220
 12:        43       17       45     7642
 13:        21       86       17     3875
 14:        82      107       63     8335
 15:        38       66       71    10009
 16:        42       59       27     4216
 17:        76       16       25     8980
 18:        66      116       24     6325
 19:        19       90       32     7843
 20:        61       24       63     4314

r squared:   0.0746
Standard error: 1.8684387938E+03


 Coefficient   1           X1       9.7396
                   t statistic:     0.5475
                   Standard err:   17.7904

 Coefficient   2           X3       0.5486
                   t statistic:     0.0473
                   Standard err:   11.5921

 Coefficient   3           X4      15.5295
                   t statistic:     0.8486
                   Standard err:   18.3001

 Coefficient   4     Constant    5612.0956
                   t statistic:     3.8932
                   Standard err: 1441.5079
F statistic:   0.4301   3,  16 degrees of freedom

25.


            X2       X3       X4        Y
  1:       120       35       74     8708
  2:        49       31       22     6355
  3:        90      106       71     5970
  4:        54       47       68     5354
  5:         3      115       49     5557
  6:       100      104       46     7272
  7:        42      115        3     7262
  8:        87       76       79     8623
  9:       105      108       34     8207
 10:        84       82       50     4500
 11:       120        7        1     6220
 12:       108       17       45     7642
 13:       135       86       17     3875
 14:       123      107       63     8335
 15:       127       66       71    10009
 16:        40       59       27     4216
 17:       146       16       25     8980
 18:       137      116       24     6325
 19:        95       90       32     7843
 20:        32       24       63     4314

r squared:   0.3038
Standard error: 1.6206099548E+03


 Coefficient   1           X2      21.9952
                   t statistic:     2.3804
                   Standard err:    9.2403

 Coefficient   2           X3       1.0159
                   t statistic:     0.1035
                   Standard err:    9.8144

 Coefficient   3           X4      19.6028
                   t statistic:     1.2646
                   Standard err:   15.5006

 Coefficient   4     Constant    3883.7664
                   t statistic:     2.8401
                   Standard err: 1367.4764
F statistic:   2.3276   3,  16 degrees of freedom

26.


   .        X1       X2       X3       X4        Y
  1:        99      120       35       74     8708
  2:        56       49       31       22     6355
  3:        31       90      106       71     5970
  4:        54       54       47       68     5354
  5:        36        3      115       49     5557
  6:        60      100      104       46     7272
  7:         6       42      115        3     7262
  8:         0       87       76       79     8623
  9:        69      105      108       34     8207
 10:        47       84       82       50     4500
 11:        32      120        7        1     6220
 12:        43      108       17       45     7642
 13:        21      135       86       17     3875
 14:        82      123      107       63     8335
 15:        38      127       66       71    10009
 16:        42       40       59       27     4216
 17:        76      146       16       25     8980
 18:        66      137      116       24     6325
 19:        19       95       90       32     7843
 20:        61       32       24       63     4314

r squared:   0.3039
Standard error: 1.6736253722E+03
D-W:         2.3080

 Coefficient   1           X1      -0.8131
                   t statistic:    -0.0489
                   Standard err:   16.6275

 Coefficient   2           X2      22.1342
                   t statistic:     2.2230
                   Standard err:    9.9570

 Coefficient   3           X3       0.9054
                   t statistic:     0.0872
                   Standard err:   10.3846

 Coefficient   4           X4      19.7992
                   t statistic:     1.1997
                   Standard err:   16.5041

 Coefficient   5     Constant    3908.7023
                   t statistic:     2.6033
                   Standard err: 1501.4595
F statistic:   1.6374   4,  15 degrees of freedom

27.


            X1       X2       X3       X4        Y
  1:        99      120       35       74      132
  2:        56       49       31       22      142
  3:        31       90      106       71       66
  4:        54       54       47       68       72
  5:        36        3      115       49      106
  6:        60      100      104       46      110
  7:         6       42      115        3      186
  8:         0       87       76       79      171
  9:        69      105      108       34      142
 10:        47       84       82       50       34
 11:        32      120        7        1      132
 12:        43      108       17       45      149
 13:        21      135       86       17       19
 14:        82      123      107       63      113
 15:        38      127       66       71      190
 16:        42       40       59       27       70
 17:        76      146       16       25      175
 18:        66      137      116       24       69
 19:        19       95       90       32      161
 20:        61       32       24       63       55

r squared:   0.0771
Standard error: 5.5787512408E+01


 Coefficient   1           X1      -0.4271
                   t statistic:    -0.7706
                   Standard err:    0.5543

 Coefficient   2           X2       0.2378
                   t statistic:     0.7165
                   Standard err:    0.3319

 Coefficient   3           X3      -0.2365
                   t statistic:    -0.6832
                   Standard err:    0.3462

 Coefficient   4           X4      -0.0067
                   t statistic:    -0.0122
                   Standard err:    0.5501

 Coefficient   5     Constant     130.2901
                   t statistic:     2.6033
                   Standard err:   50.0487
F statistic:   0.3135   4,  15 degrees of freedom

In exercise 27 each column was generated randomly, so there is no connection between
the independent variables and the dependent variable.

28.

Perform a regression calculation with T as the indepenent variable and Y as the dependent variable. (In this case T represents time.) Then, calculate the regression residuals and graph those values.

   .            T           Y
  1:            1   100.00000
  2:            2   106.00000
  3:            3   112.36000
  4:            4   119.10160
  5:            5   126.24770
  6:            6   133.82256
  7:            7   141.85191
  8:            8   150.36303
  9:            9   159.38481
 10:           10   168.94790
 11:           11   179.08477
 12:           12   189.82986
 13:           13   201.21965
 14:           14   213.29283
 15:           15   226.09040
 16:           16   239.65582
 17:           17   254.03517
 18:           18   269.27728
 19:           19   285.43392
 20:           20   302.55995

r squared:     0.97829
Standard error: 9.4897383804E+00


 Coefficient   1            T        10.48169
                   t statistic:      28.48315
                   Standard err:      0.36800

 Coefficient   2     Constant        73.87017
                   t statistic:      16.75713
                   Standard err:      4.40828
F statistic:   811.28995   1,  18 degrees of freedom
There seems to be a good fit for this regression. The regression residuals are:

  1:    15.64813 
  2:    11.16644 
  3:     7.04475 
  4:     3.30465 
  5:    -0.03094 
  6:    -2.93778 
  7:    -5.39012 
  8:    -7.36070 
  9:    -8.82061 
 10:    -9.73921 
 11:   -10.08403 
 12:    -9.82064 
 13:    -8.91254 
 14:    -7.32106 
 15:    -5.00518 
 16:    -1.92145 
 17:     1.97620 
 18:     6.73662 
 19:    12.41156 
 20:    19.05590 
The graph of these residuals do not show a random variation, but instead a clear pattern: larger residuals at first, then smaller, then larger again. This clearly indicates that this regression is not the best fit. In this case we have a curved relationship, so we should perform another regression using the base-10 logarithm of Y as the dependent variable:

   .            X           Y      LOG(Y)
  1:            1   100.00000     2.00000
  2:            2   106.00000     2.02531
  3:            3   112.36000     2.05061
  4:            4   119.10160     2.07592
  5:            5   126.24770     2.10122
  6:            6   133.82256     2.12653
  7:            7   141.85191     2.15184
  8:            8   150.36303     2.17714
  9:            9   159.38481     2.20245
 10:           10   168.94790     2.22775
 11:           11   179.08477     2.25306
 12:           12   189.82986     2.27836
 13:           13   201.21965     2.30367
 14:           14   213.29283     2.32898
 15:           15   226.09040     2.35428
 16:           16   239.65582     2.37959
 17:           17   254.03517     2.40489
 18:           18   269.27728     2.43020
 19:           19   285.43392     2.45551
 20:           20   302.55995     2.48081

r squared:     1.00000
Standard error: 6.8598386248E-12


 Coefficient   1            X         0.02531
                   t statistic:  95130135393.00000
                   Standard err:      0.00000

 Coefficient   2     Constant         1.97469
                   t statistic:  619684750750.00000
                   Standard err:      0.00000
F statistic:     0.00000   1,  18 degrees of freedom
Now there is a perfect fit. This situation indicates constant percentage growth.