We used the data in MEAP93.RAW for Example 2.12. Now we want to explore the relationship...
11. Suppose you are interested in estimating the effect of hours spent in an SAT preparation course (hours) on total SAT score (sat). The population is all college-bound high school seniors for a particular year. (i) Suppose you are given a grant to run a controlled experiment. Explain how you would structure the experiment in order to estimate the causal effect of hours on sat. (ii) Consider the more realistic case where students choose how much time to spend in...
I need to know the code to do this question in R thanks 10. (8 marks) (using dataset: "meap93", in R: data(meap93, package-'wooldridge)) We want to explore the relationship between the math pass rate (scil/) and average teachers' compensation (salary + benefits) in the school (totcomp) In the population model: scill,-β0 + βι log(totcompi-u, prove that β/ 10 is the percentage point change in scill given a 10% increase in totcom. ii Use the data in MEAP93 to estimate the...
I need to know the code to do this question in R thanks 10. (8 marks) (using dataset: "meap93", in R: data(meap93, package-'wooldridge)) We want to explore the relationship between the math pass rate (scil/) and average teachers' compensation (salary + benefits) in the school (totcomp) In the population model: scill,-β0 + βι log(totcompi-u, prove that β/ 10 is the percentage point change in scill given a 10% increase in totcom. ii Use the data in MEAP93 to estimate the...
1. In the simple regression model y = + β1x + u, suppose that E (u) 0. Letting oo-E(u), show that the model can always be rewrit ten with the same slope, but a new intercept and error, where the new error has a zero expected value 2. The data set BWGHT contains data on births to women in the United States. Two variables of interest are the dependent variable, nfan birth weight in ounces (bught), and an explanatory variable,...
X Part I. Derive Bivariate Regression by hand. Again, we are using the same data set that we used in the in-class assessment. Case Dietary Fat Body Fat 22 9.8 22 11.7 14 8.0 21 9.7 32 10.9 26 7.8 30 21 17 1. Step 1: Find the mean of dietary fat x = 2. Step 2: Find the mean of body fat y = 3. Step 3: Find the sum of (x1 - x)y- y) = 3316 4. Step...
Need help with stats true or false questions Decide (with short explanations) whether the following statements are true or false a) We consider the model y-Ao +A(z) +E. Let (-0.01, 1.5) be a 95% confidence interval for A In this case, a t-test with significance level 1% rejects the null hypothesis Ho : A-0 against a two sided alternative. b) Complicated models with a lot of parameters are better for prediction then simple models with just a few parameters c)...
QUESTION 1 Consider the following OLS regression line (or sample regression function): wage =-2.10+ 0.50 educ (1), where wage is hourly wage, measured in dollars, and educ years of formal education. According to (1), a person with no education has a predicted hourly wage of [wagehat] dollars. (NOTE: Write your answer in number format, with 2 decimal places of precision level; do not write your answer as a fraction. Add a leading minus sign symbol, a leading zero and trailing...
In cell C6, insert a Scatter Chart for the Returns Completed versus Return Price data from the Data worksheet. You may be used to seeing Price placed on the Y-axis from other economics courses, but in this problem we are using price as the independent variable. Inserting Chart Select the Scatter chart from the provided chart options in the Charts group of the Insert tab of the Ribbon. Selecting Data Series Then choose Select Data in the Design tab on...
2. Download the annual real GDP and GDP data of the United States 1950-2018 from FRED. For the real GDP, the data online is chain-weighted and uses 2012 as the base year. In the lecture hursday, I showed you the detailed method and calculated the new chain-weighted real GDP when 1990 is the base year. You are required to calculate a new sequence of chain- weighted real GDP given a new base-year. The base year you should use in your...
FISCAL POLICY IN THEORY: March, 2020: we are on the verge of Congress and the President passing legislation that will empower the federal government to spend an unprecedented amount of EXTRA money not seen since World War 2 ---- in order to address the pandemic but also to help cushion the blow financially of perhaps ten or twenty million Americans --- or more --- losing their jobs, and thus suffering a drop in income. The scale of the 2020 recession...