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Once a dependent variable is chosen, it is logical to follow this sequence…

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  1. ) Review the literature and develop the theoretical model.
  2. ) Specify the model: Select the independent variables and the functional form.
  3. ) Hypothesize the expected signs of the coefficients.
  4. ) Collect the data. Inspect and clean the data.
  5. ) Estimate and evaluate the equation
  6. ) Document the results.
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After selecting the dependent variables, the specification of a model involves choosing the following components…

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  1. ) The independent variables and how they should be measured,
  2. ) the functional (mathematical) form of the variables, and
  3. ) the properties of the stochastic error term
  • A regression equation is specified when each of these elements has been treated appropriately.
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A mistake of any of he three components of a model after selecting the dependent variable results in a ….

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Specification Error

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What should specifying goal be?

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to specify only relevant explanatory variables, those expected theoretically to assert a substantive influence on the dependent variable

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what sort of other theoretical economic concepts should be included?

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Theory also indicates that complementary and substitute goods are important

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A dummy variable takes on…

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the values of one or zero depending on whether a specified condition holds.

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In the demand equation for a final consumption good…

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the quantity demanded is expected to inversely related to its price and the price of a complementary good and positively related to consumer income and the price of a substitute good.

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The first step in the written development of a regression model..

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usually is to express the equation as a general function

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Step 4

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Collect the Data, Inspect and Clean the Data

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All conclusions about signs, significance, and economic theory are…

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independent of units of measurement

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The excess number of observations (three) over the number of coefficients to be estimated is the …

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degrees of freedom

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The more degrees of freedom there are, the better because…

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When the number of degrees of freedom is large, every positive error is likely to be balanced by a negative error

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A constant factor added to a variable alters only…

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the intercept term without changing the slope coefficient itself

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An outlier is…

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an observation that lies outside the range of the rest of the observations, and looking for outliers is an easy way to find data entry errors

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Step 5

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Estimate and Evaluate the Equation

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Step 6

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Document the Results

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Step 1

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Review the literature and develop the theoretical model

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Step 2

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Specify the model: select the independent variables and the functional form

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Step 3

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Hypothesize the expected signs of the coefficients